Literary Culture
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How Kerala’s Kozhikode became India’s first UNESCO City of Literature
The team responsible for earning the tag for the city explain how they did it.
Diya Isha
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Opinion: Can Indian systems of thought be assimilated into the universal canons of literature?
We also need to ask if all non-European, cultural paradigms were similarly marginalised by European critical establishment.
Mridula Garg
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‘He experimented with Kannada theatre like no one else’: A podcast series remembers Girish Karnad
Writers Arshia Sattar – the podcast host – and Vivek Shanbhag – the podcast guest – on the BIC Talks’ series, ‘The River Has No Fear of Memories’.
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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
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Writing Pondicherry: Writers Ari Gautier and Ananya Jahanara Kabir in conversation
Gautier talks about his novel Le thinnai / The Thinnai and story collection Nocturne Pondichéry to Kabir, who is an academic.
Ari Gautier & Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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What Gurdial Singh’s fiction reveals about the social and cultural roots of the farmers’ protest
Or, how the ‘anakh’ or pride of the ‘unhoye’ or non-being is fuelling the fightback against the farm laws.
Madhav Nayar
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‘We have an assembly line approach to writing about books’: Anjum Hasan on literary criticism
How does a writer approach the art of reviewing books? An interview with an author who was also a literary editor.
Arunava Sinha
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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In Tamil Nadu, a book donation drive is underway to restock a Sri Lanka library set afire in 1981
The state government is collecting books in the Tamil language for the new Jaffna Public Library, a symbol of Sri Lanka’s Tamil cultural identity.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Friend, guide, editor, critic: The booming business of literary agents in India
Literary agents have already started making giant strides, their turnovers surpassing those of highly reputed medium-sized publishing houses.
Kanishka Gupta
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A seven-point manifesto for the Indian literary magazine
Online or offline, literary magazines can bring new and under-discovered writers to readers in ways books can’t.
Rheea Mukherjee
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