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Sandokan is the dashing pirate hero from nineteenth-century Italian writer Emilio Salgari’s novels. Sandokan’s wealthy parents have been killed by the East India Company, which is seeking to expand its control of South East Asia.
Sandokan leads a group of rebellious sea raiders and frequently torments the British colonialists, earning him the title “Tiger of Malaysia”. Among Sandokan’s chief adversaries is the Rajah of Sarawak, based on the real-life British soldier James Brooke. Sandokan later falls in love with an Englishwoman named Marianna and marries her.
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Being Ebrahim Alkazi s son was never a burden : Feisal Alkazi
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Being Ebrahim Alkazi s son was never a burden : Feisal Alkazi. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 25 : At author Paro Anand s Diwali party in late 2018, when Renuka Chatterjee of Speaking Tiger Publishing approached him and said that he must write a family memoir, he was shell-shocked . I ve written a number of books but it never occurred to me to explore my family in one. I discussed it with my wife who felt it was a great idea, theatre director Feisal Alkazi tells IANS while talking about his latest book Enter Stage Right: The Alkazi/Padamsee Family Memoir , which was released at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF).
Enter Stage Right: A compelling, evanescent memoir of the Alkazi-Padamsee family, and their theatrical imprint A marriage eventually frayed at the edges but robust in its critical mass of shared cultural persuasions irrevocably linked the Alkazi and Padamsee families in the artistic sphere. Vikram Phukan February 06, 2021 09:54:38 IST Cover of Feisal Alkazi s upcoming book, Enter Stage Right: The Alkazi/Padamsee Family Memoir. Image via Speaking Tiger Publication.
The reams of Indian newsprint lavished on the cultural exploits of the Alkazi and Padamsee clans over the decades might easily fill several volumes, even if one were not to take into account the sustained cycles of recapitulation that feed arts coverage in the country. A marriage eventually frayed at the edges but robust in its critical mass of shared cultural persuasions irrevocably linked the tw