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Author Jhumpa Lahiri declines NYC’s Noguchi Museum award after keffiyeh ban
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum after it ...
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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Jhumpa Lahiri Declines Award from Noguchi Museum After Keffiyeh Ban
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award next month from New York's Noguchi Museum after three of its employees were fired for violating a new internal policy ...
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India-origin author Jhumpa Lahiri turns down award over New York museum's kaffiyeh ban
India-origin author Jhumpa Lahiri has refused to accept an award from the Noguchi Museum in Queens in protest of the museum's decision to fire three employees who wore kaffiyehs in solidarity with ...
Jhumpa Lahiri Declines Noguchi Award Over New York Museum's Dismissal of Keffiyeh Wearers
The museum confirmed her decision in a statement on Wednesday, saying, "Jhumpa Lahiri has chosen to withdraw her acceptance ...
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Sally Rooney, Percival Everett among thousands of authors pledging to boycott all Israeli literary institutions
A competing letter organized by a pro-Israel group has drawn more than 1,000 signatories, including the authors Cynthia Ozick and Howard Jacobson. Sally Rooney, Percival Everett, Jhumpa Lahiri ...
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Mira Nair Shares How Irrfan Khan Picked Up The Wrong Bengali Accent While Filming The Namesake
The two came together 15 years later for Khan's memorable role of Ashoke Ganguli in "The Namesake" (2006), based on Jhumpa Lahiri's eponymous book. Khan, who had established himself as an actor ...