Book Review
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‘Red River’: To whom does a piece of land belong? Who gets to live on its resources?
Somnath Batabyal’s novel walks a tightrope between seeming normalcy and its violent collapse.
Saloni Sharma
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‘A Long Season of Ashes’: A memoir of flight, fight, and survival for Kashmiri Pandits in exile
Siddhartha Gigoo’s memoir invokes empathy for the unimaginable struggle and loss that Kashmiri Pandits were made to go through, before and after the exodus.
Shivani Patel
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‘The Chandayan’: The 14th-century Sufi romance brought to life by a new translation and essays
Written by Mulla Daud, the romance is based on popular folklore in Awadh, Bundelkhand, Chhattisgarh and Western Bihar.
Rana Safvi
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘The Solitude of a Shadow’: A novel of unsettling moralities and sympathy with the wretched
N Kalyan Raman’s English translation of Devibharathi’s Tamil novel captures the nuances and unspoken realities of life in small-town India.
Ila Manish
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‘The Hippo Girl’: Each of these short stories has the potential to be a novel
The characters in Shah Tazrian Ashrafi’s stories are haunted by the history of Bangladesh, but it is not the only thing that defines them.
Atharva Pandit
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‘Bear With Me, Amma’: For writer MT Vasudevan, fiction is a blend of reality and imagination
If the short stories in the collection seem to draw from the memoirs, there are also times when the memoirs read like collections of stories in their own right.
Sonal Dugar
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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‘If We Burn’: A book that examines why a decade of mass protest has done so little to change things
The American domination of the internet has also contributed to unrealistic views about the nature of social institutions, power and social change.
Christopher Pollard, The Conversation
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Upamanyu Chatterjee’s new novel situates itself in the stability and freedoms of faith
Based on the life of the author’s friend Fabrizio Senesi, ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ is a break from Chatterjee’s dark humour and cynicism.
Saloni Sharma
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‘A Flat Place’: A memoir of landscapes, the hometown, and complex relationships with family
She finds solace in ruins, holding rocks, while wandering on these flat landscapes, without being preoccupied with their beauty or utility for existence.
Shreyasi Sharma
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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‘Famine Tales’: This anthology of patachitra and comics shows the spectre of hunger is still alive
The book takes a look at four famines in history – in 1590s’ Britain, the Midlands Rising of 1607, the Gujarat Famine of 1630, and the 1769-70 Bengal Famine.
Rituparna Roy
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‘Beneath the Simolu Tree’: How the ordinary can inspire complex relationships with art and grief
As an advocate for people with spinal muscular atrophy, author Sarmistha Pritam also writes with sensitivity about the role of caregiving.
Saloni Sharma
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‘One Another’ explores the life of Joseph Conrad and the transformative potential of reading
The novel is an imaginative reconstruction of significant moments in Conrad’s world and not a historical study.
Sue Kossew, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains