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Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: Yukio Mishima’s novel ‘After the Banquet’ presents the tomb that is marriage
Originally published in Japan as ‘Utage No Oto’ in 1960, it was translated by Donald Keene in 1963.
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‘It all starts with knowing your text’: How prizewinning designer Bhavi Mehta makes book covers
An interview with Bhavi Mehta, winner of the 2024 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize.
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Stet’, a fascinating portrait of the English publishing industry and its stars
Published in 2000, ‘Stet: An Editor’s Life’ is Diana Athill’s fourth memoir.
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Trending
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Maharashtra ruling alliance accused of insulting state by placing Shivaji-style headgear on PM Modi
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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‘We lost jobs, had no food during Covid, but what could the Modi government have done?’
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View from the Margins: Why Mumbai’s indigenous Kolis are angry with unchecked coastal ‘development’
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May in fiction: Cool down this summer with these six just-published novels
Two debut novels, historical fiction, mythological fiction, and more.
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‘Instruments of Torture’: These stories show us what we do in the shadows
Taking off on one instrument of torture at a time, Aparna Sanyal’s stories offer a fresh perspective on our hidden desires.
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May in nonfiction: Six new books about the personal and political histories of India
Personal stories of migration and belonging, India’s first steps into global diplomacy, accounts of greatest financial frauds in history and more.
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Video
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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‘Barking news’: Woman turns journalist to ‘report’ on mischiefs and complaints by her pet dogs
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Such a Long Journey’, how an ordinary heart travels in turbulent times
‘Such a Long Journey’, Rohinton Mistry’s debut novel, was published in 1991.
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‘I stopped at an essential ambiguity’: How Sharmistha Mohanty wrote ‘Book One’ thirty years ago
‘Art is a process, not a product. A book is only the ending of a process perhaps, for the time being, a process which will continue through another work.’
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Short fiction: Riddled with debt, a farmer urges the PM to change the formula for compound interest
An excerpt from ‘The Keeper of Desolation: Stories’, by Chandan Pandey. Translated from the Hindi by Sayari Debnath.
Chandan Pandey & Sayari Debnath
The Reel
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‘Baahubali: Crown of Blood’ review: More of the same, only in animation
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‘IF’ review: Film about ‘imaginary friends’ is low on imagination
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‘Lampan’ review: Light in treatment and heavy on the nostalgia
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‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 trailer: The Targaryens go to war
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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April in fiction: Beat the heat with these six new books by South Asian writers
New novels by Booker Prize-nominated Sunjeev Sahota and Neel Mukherjee, a hilarious family misadventures, a body horror short story collection, and more.
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April in non-fiction: Six new books to add to your shelf, including Salman Rushdie’s memoir
Also, Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan’s latest book.
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‘Never Never Land’: Life is old here. Older than the trees. Younger than the mountains
Namita Gokhale writes with the wisdom that comes with experience. Her touch is light, her words are air, and the book design complements her craft.
Sayari Debnath
The Field
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: How Sukhjeet Singh overcame physical and mental battles to earn India spot
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IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad through to playoffs after match against Gujarat Titans gets washed out
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Meiraba Maisnam, Satwik-Chirag enter quarter-finals
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen among four Indian boxers to reach final
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Table Tennis, Olympics 2024: Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra to lead Indian teams in Paris