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Liberation Day by George Saunders audiobook review – funny, poignant and surreal short stories

Prisoners have their brains wiped, a children’s author searches for ideas, and a grandfather rails at his life under a Trumpian leader in this collection, narrated by actors including Tina Fey and Michael McKean

The Guardian - UK

Telangana Liberation Day not celebrated due to vote bank politics, says Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauds PM Modi for taking "momentous decision" to celebrate Telangana Liberation Day 75 yrs after India's independence. He recalls sacrifices of martyrs & struggle against Nizam, & praises contributions of PV Narasimha Rao, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao & others.

The Hindu

Self-respect of Telangana people hurt by Congress, BRS: Kishan Reddy

Union Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Development of Northeast Region G. Kishan Reddy, also the TS BJP President, has accused the Congress Party and BRS Party of hurting the “self-respect” of Telangana people by not celebrating Liberation Day on Sunday.

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Telangana Liberation struggle not celebrated due to vote bank politics: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah commemorated Hyderabad Liberation Day on September 17, paying homage to the martyrs of the Hyderabad Mukti Sangram.

The Hindu

Telangana ‘Liberation Day’ celebrations not anti-Muslim, says Kishan Reddy

The Union Minister said Telangana people will forever remember the momentous day of September 17, 1948, when Hyderabad was liberated from the Nizam’s reign since 1724.

The Hindu

BJP reiterates demand for official celebration of Hyderabad Liberation Day

BJP demands State govt. to officially celebrate Hyderabad Liberation Day. Neither Congress nor BRS organised it since formation of Telangana. Centre organised fete last year. Home Minister Amit Shah to hoist national flag as part of celebrations. BRS govt. not organising it officially since 2014.

The Hindu

Italy's Meloni distances herself from fascism on Liberation Day celebrations

Italy's ruling coalition has no "nostalgia for fascism", Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday, looking to push back against critics who have accused her Brothers of Italy party of failing to distance itself from its neofascist past.

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Kuwait Celebrates 62nd National Day, 32nd Liberation Anniversary

Kuwait is celebrating on Saturday its 62nd National Day and the 32nd anniversary of liberation, an occasion during which the emirate reaffirms its achievements throughout its six decades of independence, and the economic and political position it holds in the Gulf, Arab and international map. The National Day commemorates the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gut-punches and belly laughs: in George Saunders' dark flights of fantasy there's the gleam of something precious

George Saunders is best known for his only novel to date, the Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Lincoln in the Bardo. But he has long been celebrated for his innovative short fiction, which has won him a litany of prestigious awards and fellowships. In 2013, Time Magazine…

The Conversation

Liberation Day by George Saunders review – a hell of a ride

The characters in these absurdly funny stories are trapped by hyper-capitalism and their own foolishness, as Saunders investigates the prisons we make for ourselves

The Guardian - UK

Liberation Day by George Saunders review – a world of tricks and treats

The Lincoln in the Bardo author reinvents the possibilities of the short story in this wonderfully absurd return to the form

The Guardian - UK

George Saunders: ‘This capitalism thing has got limits’

After winning the Booker Prize for debut novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, the author returns to the short-story form with new collection ‘Liberation Day’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about his fascination with Custer’s Last Stand, what John Steinbeck taught him about socialism and learning to embrace uncertainty

The Independent UK

Vote bank politics behind not celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day: Amit Shah

The Home Minister accused the Nizam regime of resorting to many discriminatory practices to quash the local people’s lives, language, employment, land rights, aspirations and culture.

The Hindu

A BJP-TRS joust over liberation

Each party in Telangana is trying to outdo the other in celebrating Hyderabad Liberation Day

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Sophie dances up a storm with Rob Rinder at Liberation Day tea in Guernsey

The royals visited Guernsey and Jersey as the Channel Islands marked their Liberation Day.

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