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Ipshita Mitra
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‘General Firebrand and His Red Atlas’: What is happening to my neighbour will also happen to me
Even though Tathagata Bhattacharya’s novel is replete with accounts of strife, violence, and crime, the central themes are healing and recovery.
Ipshita Mitra
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‘Your Utopia’: Bora Chung’s new book of short stories is an explosion for the senses
The stories, a visual treat in execution and tight in conceptualisation, will leave the readers breathless. Anton Hur’s translation is exquisite.
Ipshita Mitra
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‘Industrial Roots’: Penury, paucity, and pain of working-class women are unmissable in these stories
Nothing in the stories seem bizarre or random. Remember, it all began with a freak accident in which Uncle Tom was killed by a freight train.
Ipshita Mitra
Trending
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Why builder-driven ‘slum redevelopment’ won’t change the lives of Mumbai’s poorest residents
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RBI recommends shrinking J&K government share in Jammu and Kashmir Bank
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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‘I wish my stories were as good as omelettes’: Ruskin Bond’s new book is a letter to young readers
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Ramachandra Guha: India’s many fault lines undermine our future – they must be addressed urgently
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Anjali Joseph’s ‘Keeping in Touch’ is an ode to (extra)ordinary lives in the guise of a romance
The stories of two individuals caught in something of a conundrum.
Ipshita Mitra
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How protesting women farmers mirror ‘The Five Women’ in Mahasweta Devi’s decades-old story
A foreshadowing in fiction of the role chosen by women in the farmers’ protest.
Ipshita Mitra
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How to not be mentally distressed during the lockdown: Read Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’
‘However strange your experience, other people have had it too,’ wrote Woolf in this 1926 essay.
Ipshita Mitra
Video
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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Eco India, Episode 262: What are some great ways of knowing your greens
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Watch: This stray cat kept bringing flowers to a woman’s doorstep until she was adopted
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Watch: Care home residents recreate Taylor Swift’s album covers for singer’s UK Eras Tour concert
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Watch: How the crew and passengers were evacuated from a plane after bomb scare in Delhi
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On Tom Alter’s death anniversary, a friend pays a tribute to the actor’s craft and beliefs
An interview with M Sayeed Alam, the founder of Pierrot’s Troupe who directed Alter in several plays and knew him intimately for two decades.
Ipshita Mitra
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The ministry of utmost translation: Lenka Lichtenberg on translating Arundhati Roy into Czech
‘You have to use all your sensitivity to create the same feeling and impact in a completely different language.’
Ipshita Mitra
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An exhibition looks back at Frida Kahlo’s life and beliefs – through her choice of clothes
The exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’ in London shows how the Mexican artist controlled and constructed her identity.
Ipshita Mitra
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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The delightful days and sleepless nights that went into Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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‘Maharaja’ trailer: Tamil star Vijay Sethupathi’s 50th film is a vengeance drama
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‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ review: A partnership between equals is a solo show
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What Ekin Oklap can tell readers about translating Orhan Pamuk
An interview with the translator of three of Pamuk’s recent books.
Ipshita Mitra
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If you check in at the world’s largest literary hotel, you might never want to go out (or leave)
In the Portuguese town of Óbidos is The Literary Man, where books rule over everything.
Ipshita Mitra