Aatish Taseer on religion, caste and power in modern India

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The author and journalist talks to Eleanor onstage in Toronto about his Indian-Pakistani heritage, the impact of modernity on India today, and his new book, The Twice-Born, which explores the city of Benares, the spiritual capital of Hinduism.

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