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Amitava Kumar
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From a writer’s journals: How the legendary writer Vladimir Nabokov inspired Amitava Kumar’s fiction
An excerpt from ‘The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary,’ by Amitava Kumar.
Amitava Kumar
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What have fake news and lies got to do with Amitava Kumar’s new novel? Everything
An excerpt from ‘A Time Outside This Time’, by Amitava Kumar.
Amitava Kumar
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The Art of Solitude: Finding solace by painting over the bad news
Amitava Kumar draws some comfort from his newspapers.
Amitava Kumar
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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LG Vinai Kumar Saxena approves sacking of 223 Delhi Commission for Women employees
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Writing badly is easy. Novelist Amitava Kumar has some alternative suggestions in a new book
This collection of short pieces offers lessons from the masters on how to be a better writer.
Amitava Kumar
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From wars to Partition and 9/11: A writer reacts to Trump's win in words, news clippings and photos
Amitava Kumar looks back at crucial (and often painful) moments in history and how this matches up.
Amitava Kumar
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A writer calls out anti-nationals, cannot find a moral for his story, and decides to become a 'new man'
Three short tales told in tweets.
Amitava Kumar
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Wendy Doniger: Partition may have been averted had Gandhi been less reverential toward cows
A conversation over dinner with the renowned scholar of Hinduism.
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New York is closer to Patna than most people realise
The introduction to the American edition of Amitava Kumar's 'A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna'.
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