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For Firstpost, I wrote a rolling column called ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ that sided with un-fancied opinions of the day. Safe to say it didn’t exactly help me make friends. Here is a small sampling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Education and\/or Environment<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Tightrope of International Diplomacy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Royally Tiresome<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For Firstpost, I wrote the 24-piece series ‘Retake’ that dug into Hindi cinema’s history, tropes and traditions, to unearth a preliminary document of culture, polity and social evolution. This was possibly one of the most daunting, research-heavy and ultimately satisfying exercises writing enabled for me. Here are a select few pieces from the series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Art of Stealing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Long Route Home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Conversations Around Faith<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Lost and Found Within the Great Indian Family<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Childhood Sweethearts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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For Firstpost, I wrote a rolling column called ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ that sided with un-fancied opinions of the day. Safe to say it didn’t exactly help me make friends. Here is a small sampling. Education and\/or Environment The Tightrope of International Diplomacy Royally Tiresome Tonal Massacre For Firstpost, I wrote the 24-piece series ‘Retake’ that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manik-sharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}