Read To Win
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BR Ambedkar birth anniversary: 14 books on his struggle for the dignity of India’s most downtrodden
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April, 1891.
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Global nonfiction in April: Six new books about our fascinating cultural and personal histories
A biography of Hollywood legend Anna May Wong, a study of the Chapel Hill music scene, a memoir featuring four dogs, and more.
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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.
Sayari Debnath
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
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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.
Sayari Debnath
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International Booker Prize 2024: A reader’s guide to the 13 translated books on the longlist
The longlisted books have been translated from Albanian, Dutch, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
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March fiction: Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘new’ novel and other exciting books from around the world
A poet’s debut novel, a queer novel in translation, a new novel by an International Booker Prize winner duo, and more.
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Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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March nonfiction: Around the world with six recently published international nonfiction titles
Analyses of poverty in Great Britain and America, a biography of an iconic street artist, a new book of gender studies by Judith Butler, and more.
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March reading: Six hot-off-the-press fiction books to welcome the new month
A Jnanpith awardee’s short stories in translation, a novel about overthrowing a totalitarian regime, a coming-of-age story set in the COVID pandemic, and more.
Sayari Debnath
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March nonfiction: Six new books examine the promises made and broken in quest of a modern India
An analysis of liberal and conservative ideologies, the relentless fight to keep democracy alive, and the unique problems of social media infiltrations.
Sayari Debnath
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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February nonfiction: Six newly published books from around the world that speak to our times
A biography of Stanley Kubrick, a Hollywood memoir, an exposé of spyware and more.
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February fiction from around the world: Six newly-published books to read this month
Novels about a dystopian future where algorithm determines your partner, a mysterious murder of a rich expat, the trials of fatherhood, and more.
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February fiction: Six recently published books to read over four weeks
A coming-of-age novel set in Assam, three short story collections in translation, a short fiction anthology about India’s biggest metropolis, and more.
Sayari Debnath
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go