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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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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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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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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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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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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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film