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Isabel Allende on her life as a refugee, the decline of the West and war being a male construct

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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The Language Changed in 24 Hours

When we had the military coincile, the language changed in 24 hours. You couldn't say democracy without adding an adjective. Soa language was the first thing that that was censored, and then everything else. If they tell you you can't say that, are you going to change your novel? It depends. But if there is something that is offensive to the government, i will not change that at all. I don't know, i don't like the idea of censorship,. And yet, you are giving your novel to somebody to read with a view to its being censored.

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