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Harsimran Gill
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‘Whereabouts’: Jhumpa Lahiri is still asking what it means to belong, though not for immigrants
Lahiri translated her own Italian novel into English, and is not writing of the Indian diaspora in the USA.
Harsimran Gill
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‘Principles of Prediction': Anushka Jasraj's mesmerising debut collection revels in the unknowable
Reality and absurdity blend in this collection of short stories.
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‘Hellfire’: From a bright morning full of possibilities to nightfall in a house shrouded in secrets
Leesa Gazi’s Bengali novel, translated into English by Shabnam Nadiya, is a thrilling, unsettling, and wildly satisfying descent into the macabre.
Harsimran Gill
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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How complicit is the employee of a corporation that follows unethical practices, asks this novel
Tanuj Solanki’s ‘The Machine Is Learning’ raises questions that cannot, perhaps, be answered just yet.
Harsimran Gill
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‘A Burning’: An extraordinary debut novel explores justice and ambition in an unequal land
Who is allowed to dream in a country where injustice prevails, asks Megha Majumdar’s novel.
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This novel throws new light on the world of the living by showing us how a dead man might see it
Shehan Karunatilaka’s ‘Chats With The Dead’ is peopled with ghosts investigating political killings in Sri Lanka.
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Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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‘My book is not an apocalyptic book at all. I guess I’m leaving hope as a possibility’: Amitav Ghosh
The author of ‘Gun Island’ on the role of fiction, his relationship with the Sunderbans, and why pre-modern texts might hold answers to today’s problems.
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‘Adèle’: She stunned us with ‘Lullaby’ but Leïla Slimani falters with her novel about a sex addict
Slimani’s newly-translated novel is marked by her distinctive style but leaves her eponymous protagonist opaque.
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Meet the geneticist and author who is using ancient DNA to upend how we approach human history
An interview with David Reich, scientist and author of ‘Who We Are and How We Got There’.
Harsimran Gill
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Mary Beard interview: ‘Being a popular writer helps you say the unpopular’
An interview with the classicist and historian about the problems with social media, looking at the classics through a modern lens and populism today.
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Colson Whitehead on ‘The Underground Railroad’: ‘There’s no rule about what I can write’
An interview with the American author about the Pulitzer prize-winning ‘The Underground Railroad’ and writing about history through the lens of fiction.
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‘It’s about the saddest things I can think of’: Pulitzer winner Andrew Sean Greer on his comic novel
An interview with the American author about ‘Less’, winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and what he’s looking forward to in queer literature.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver