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Which single question, among the preceding three hundred and sixty-three, would a devoted scholar of Kalinga architecture consider most consequential to resolve?

A Corridor Announced for a Text Born in Insurgency

From Bhaktacharan Das to Bhima Bhoi: One Form, Two Registers

What Have You Read in Three Months?

What the Cultivated Imagination Stands to Lose

Visual Overconsumption and the Vanishing Inner Picture

Custodians in the Village, Spectators in the City

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Which single question, among the preceding three hundred and sixty-three, would a devoted scholar of Kalinga architecture consider most consequential to resolve?

A Corridor Announced for a Text Born in Insurgency

From Bhaktacharan Das to Bhima Bhoi: One Form, Two Registers

What Have You Read in Three Months?

What the Cultivated Imagination Stands to Lose

Visual Overconsumption and the Vanishing Inner Picture

Custodians in the Village, Spectators in the City