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Rheea Mukherjee
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Fiction: How will Kaya hold on to love as she fights institutionalised hate in volatile times?
An excerpt from ‘The Girl Who Kept Falling In Love’, by Rheea Mukherjee.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Rewriting Jane Austen is an industry. But this version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in Pakistan shines
Soniah Kamal’s ‘Unmarriageable’ is successful in using the potential of Austen’s classic novel for subverting literary authority.
Rheea Mukherjee
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A young widow returns to everyday life with the help of her body (and some philosophy) in this novel
An excerpt from Rheea Mukherjee’s debut novel, ‘The Body Myth’.
Rheea Mukherjee
Trending
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Dialogue: In the age of social media, how do writers avoid becoming hustlers?
Two writers discuss how to remain authentically engaged with the world without being overtaken by the compulsion to market their work on their social networks.
Rheea Mukherjee & Manjiri Indurkar
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‘Do not use most of your research’: How novelist Nayomi Munaweera ensures she doesn’t bore readers
An interview with the Sri Lankan-American writer whose novels set in the civil war in her country have opened a new world to many readers.
Rheea Mukherjee
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These essays reveal a writer who has turned her third world origin into a source of power
Sayantani Dasgupta’s ‘Fire Girl’ renegotiates the burdens of globalised Indian writers.
Rheea Mukherjee
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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How to write for global readers in an Indian accent
The everyday truths that dictate stories from India often appear wildly exotic to the world
Rheea Mukherjee
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We must re-read the essay that reminds us of the time India’s political leaders encouraged debate
Ramachandra Guha wrote about the engaged opposition between Jayaprakash Narayan and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Post Bangalore, it’s time to read Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ once again
Because even in the India of 2017, women are defined by the male perception.
Rheea Mukherjee
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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What is a writer to do with freedom? (Or, lessons from Albert Camus)
Many writers are unhappy, angry and disillusioned with the way the world is turning out. But this is an opportunity.
Rheea Mukherjee
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How the Seemanchal Literary Festival drew me out of my happy bubble, a first for a litfest
Notes from an English-Indian writer fumbling and learning in Kishanganj, Bihar.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Why has Aatish Taseer written a children’s story about his Green Card?
The author harks back to the era when the US was the Promised Land for South Asians.
Rheea Mukherjee
The Field
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit