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    Memory and identity. Personal and political. Mothers and daughters. Mother Mary Comes to Me is Arundhati Roy's most personal work yet. At its centre is Mary Roy, her mother: abusive, brilliant, impossible to understand, and impossible to…

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    August 29, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

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    August 25, 2026 · 57 min

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    July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    A new dawn was breaking. And its light would reach far beyond its time. Rebellion in Verse unfolds a journey that goes back to the sixth century CE; a time when many yearned for a reprieve from the constraints of Vedic orthodoxy and caste…

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Bangalore International Centre (BIC) is a non profit, public institution which serves as an inclusive platform for informed conversations, arts and culture. BIC TALKS aims to be a regular bi-weekly podcast that will foster discussions, dialogue, ideas, cultural enterprise and more.