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Sayali Palekar
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Refuge, reparation, return: What reading Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel ‘The Far Field’ brings to mind
Here, the personal enters the arena of the political messily, clumsily, loudly, and unapologetically.
Sayali Palekar
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Why readers will almost never encounter anything like these two ‘anti-novels’ by Subimal Misra
V Ramaswamy’s translations of the Bengali writer’s work brings fresh evidence of the maverick’s trademark fiction.
Sayali Palekar
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These two collections of Telugu stories depict women being battered daily. Do they work as fiction?
Two books in translation – ‘The Rock that Was Not’ by Githanjali, and ‘Here I Am’ by P Sathyavathi – that are tragic reminders of women failing themselves.
Sayali Palekar
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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‘Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction’: A debut novel that turns into an endless search for purpose
The tedium of a search should not imply tedious reading, but that is the case with Roshan Ali’s debut novel.
Sayali Palekar
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What if our everyday emotions turned into diseases? This novel explores the possibilities
Vikram Paralkar’s ‘The Afflictions’ identifies states of being through a unique fictional encyclopaedia.
Sayali Palekar
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‘Godsong’: This translation (re)locates the Gita in Arjuna’s confusion and Krishna’s eloquence
A new translation of a much-translated classic must bring something new to readers. ‘Godsong’ does just that.
Sayali Palekar
Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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This poetry anthology reveals (again) why India must reclaim its own literary tradition of desire
‘Love And The Turning Seasons’ may have been meant for a Western audience, but it gives readers from India the chance to discover something too.
Sayali Palekar
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Parismita Singh’s short stories question whether ‘Peace Has Come’ to North East India
The violence is never distant enough in these text stories by the graphic novel writer.
Sayali Palekar
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What happens when a teenager meets her personal jinn? This YA novel is anything but a fairytale
Shazaf Fatima Haider’s ‘A Firefly In The Dark’ explores the uncertainty of love in a magical way.
Sayali Palekar
The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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A meditation: Han Kang’s ‘White Book’ truly deserves a description that is overused for fiction now
Prepare to be extremely disturbed as you read this genre-defying work from the author of ‘The Vegetarian’.
Sayali Palekar
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A scary novel without ghosts in it: Jhumpa Lahiri’s translation of Domenico Starnone’s ‘Trick’
‘They’re kids. Come on.’ Or is there more to it?
Sayali Palekar
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Black meets white in a novel from America that matters to Indians because of race
Jesmyn Ward’s new novel is again in the running for the National Book Award in the US.
Sayali Palekar
The Field
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Women’s T20 World Cup: India to face Pakistan on October 6 as ICC announce tournament schedule
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24 final: Mumbai City beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant for second Cup title
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals