1.0American Kahanihttps://americankahani.comArundhati Royhttps://americankahani.com/author/arundhati-roy/India: The Place I Love, the Place I Know and Live In, the Place That Breaks My Heart Every Day. And Mends It, Too - American Kahanirich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wuvW3uehla"><a href="https://americankahani.com/perspectives/india-the-place-i-love-the-place-i-know-and-live-in-the-place-that-breaks-my-heart-every-day-and-mends-it-too/">India: The Place I Love, the Place I Know and Live In, the Place That Breaks My Heart Every Day. And Mends It, Too</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://americankahani.com/perspectives/india-the-place-i-love-the-place-i-know-and-live-in-the-place-that-breaks-my-heart-every-day-and-mends-it-too/embed/#?secret=wuvW3uehla" width="600" height="338" title="“India: The Place I Love, the Place I Know and Live In, the Place That Breaks My Heart Every Day. And Mends It, Too” — American Kahani" data-secret="wuvW3uehla" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://americankahani.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PMModi.jpeg1300733I thank the Swedish Academy for inviting me to speak at this conference and for affording me the privilege of listening to the other speakers. It was planned more than two years ago, before the coronavirus pandemic unleashed the full scale of the horror it had in store for us and before Russia’s invasion of…