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  2. Bhisham Sahni - Wikipedia

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    Bhisham Sahni's epic work Tamas (Darkness, Ignorance 1974) is a novel based on the riots of 1947 Partition of India which he witnessed at Rawalpindi. [3] Tamas portrays the horrors of senseless communal politics of violence and hatred; and the tragic aftermath – death, destruction, forced migration and the partition of a country.

  3. Odia literature - Wikipedia

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    Odia literature is literature written in the Odia language, mostly from the Indian state of Odisha.The modern Odia language is mostly formed from Tadbhava words with significant Sanskrit (Tatsama) influences, along with loanwords from Desaja, English, Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu), Persian, and Arabic.

  4. Child pornography - Wikipedia

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    The precise definition of the term "child pornography" varies by jurisdictions and there is no consensus in international law regarding the precise meaning of the word. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] In the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has defined child pornography as material that " visually depicts sexual conduct by children below a specified age". [ 10 ]

  5. Literary magazine - Wikipedia

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    The cover of the first issue of Poetry magazine, published in 1912.. A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters.

  6. Satire - Wikipedia

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    Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]

  7. Transgender - Wikipedia

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    Transgender literature includes literature portraying transgender people, as well as memoirs or novels by transgender people, who often discuss elements of the transgender experience. [263] Several films and television shows feature transgender characters in the storyline, and several fictional works also have notable transgender characters.

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  9. Cuckold - Wikipedia

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    A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife; the wife of an adulterous husband is a cuckquean.In biology, a cuckold is a male who unwittingly invests parental effort in juveniles who are not genetically his offspring. [1]