Stories written by
Debika Lahiri
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Would you have read ‘The Great Gatsby’ if it was titled ‘The High-Bouncing Lover’?
Naming a book can be as difficult, as agonising, as writing the novel.
Debika Lahiri
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A book about birds that’s really the story of vanishing beauty
Continuing our series of readers’ choices of books that have moved them.
Debika Lahiri
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So you’re a reader, but do you know what these words really mean?
A 'cloud' was once a hill, and a 'girl' was a child of either sex.
Debika Lahiri
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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Text. Texture. Textile. What words about writing really mean
The etymology of “author” points to someone who invents things or makes things grow.
Debika Lahiri
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Is this the best last line (almost) of a book? 'The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.'
Introducing a series on readers’ choices of books that have moved them.
Debika Lahiri
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Last lines: How to end your novel
The final instalment in our series on writing lessons from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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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Building your characters: how to get to the heart of fiction
Continuing our series on writing techniques from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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Making a beginning: the seeds of a story
Continuing our series: how and where to begin, with lessons from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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How do the best writers put a voice into their stories?
Continuing our series: extracting lessons on how to write from the works of the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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