Fantasy Literature
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Is science fiction an instrument of escapism or a mirror to our realities?
Psychology has diagnosed science fiction as a literature of evasion. But the genre has spoken back.
Gavin Miller, The Conversation
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‘The Witcher’ books, coming to Netflix, tell their stories in ways seldom seen in fantasy fiction
The web series will widen the reach of what is already a cult series among lovers of fantasy sagas.
Kaustav Sood
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80 years before Bram Stoker, it was a young English doctor who introduced us to the modern vampire
Until John Polidori’s novel, ‘The Vampyre’, the creatures had been imagined as shaggy, fetid and bestial.
Robert Morrison, The Conversation
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Congress to decide Indian cricket team based on religion, claims PM Modi
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Portraits of India’s people by a Flemmish artist who lived on the margins of 18th-century Calcutta
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report
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Happy birthday, Neil Gaiman: We made a starter kit for those who, unbelievably, haven’t read you yet
There’s more to the master of fantasy than ‘The Sandman’ (although you really shouldn’t miss that either).
Nicholas Rixon
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How Mughal history inspired an American professor to weave a fantasy world that rivals Tolkien’s
Tekumel began as a complex role-playing game, and then turned into books.
Blake Smith
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'Beauty and the Beast' was originally a feminist fable (disguised as marriage guidance)
A wealthy, beautiful and virtuous young woman remarries after becoming widowed. Why?
Valerie Derbyshire, The Conversation
Video
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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From fearing fantastic beasts, we have learnt to love them
We are more likely to see our job as preserving endangered species rather than fighting monsters.
Marta Cobb, The Conversation
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Is 'Lord of the Rings' greater than 'Game of Thrones'? Watch the epic rap battle between the writers
Middle Earth vs Westeros. 'I'm No. 1 and 2, you're under 50 Shades of Grey.'
Shubhra Dixit
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be released as a book on July 31
JK Rowling's publishers said they decided to print it after fans appealed to the author for a hardback version saying they cannot all make it to London to watch the play.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover