Fiction Pick
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‘Fear of Flying’: Erica Jong’s 1973 book has joyful abandon rarely found in today’s sad girl novels
Jong was writing as second-wave feminism was in the ascendancy and her novel often reads like a feminist manifesto.
Kath Kenny, The Conversation
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‘The Man of the House’(or, the life and death of Aanun): A short story by Maaz Bin Bilal
A story featuring ‘a Dilli-wallah to the core, claiming an ancestry of four hundred years in the city’.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘Yakshi’: This short story by Malayalam language writer VJ James is a sensual parable for our times
Translated from the Malayalam by Ministhy S.
VJ James
Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Fiction pick: ‘The Ladder of Yarn’, a short story by Malayalam language writer VJ James
Translated from the Malayalam by Ministhy S.
VJ James
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After ‘Daura’: The unpublished epilogue to Anukrti Upadhyay’s Rajasthan novel about water
What happened after the district collector in the novel disappeared?
Anukrti Upadhyay
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‘I want to be Tagore’: The story for which every Punjabi student knows Mohan Bhandari (1937-2021)
The Punjabi writer died on November 26, 2021 at the age of 84.
Mohan Bhandari
Video
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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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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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‘The cost of hunger’: Abdus Samad’s poignant short story about life as a displaced Muslim in Assam
‘Beard. I want to shave off my beard.’
Abdus Samad
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Gulzar on the tragedy of Afghanistan: Four poems and a short story
Translated from the original Urdu by Rakhshanda Jalil.
Gulzar
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‘No Man’s Land’: Anuradha Sharma Pujaree’s short story riffs on a football match in Meghalaya
It’s the game of life where the losers pay more.
Anuradha Sharma Pujaree
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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‘The Virus’: Is this short story actually a work of fiction in pandemic-struck India?
‘Do you know who this man is? Have you any idea how dangerous he is?’
Sirsho Bandopadhyay
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‘The Roshogolla Makers’: A sweet short story for the age of the pandemic
What happened after Bhanjo Mishtanno Bhandar in Kolkata had to close because of the lockdown.
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
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Short story: ‘The Finding’. (Or, a discovery that stunned a world reeling under a pandemic)
‘It had all started rather casually with some questions and jokes, leading to more enquiries and friends asking other friends, followed by WhatsApp forwards.’
Arundhati Ghosh
The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces