Language Of Literature
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‘What’s the story?’: Writer Sara Suleri’s student discovers his teacher afresh in her memoir
‘Immediately, I am struck by her sour wordplay, the gleeful piss-taking, a cagey indirection. An exuberant voice absent in our seminar vibrates from the page.’
Ajay Gandhi
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How the English department of Aligarh Muslim University nurtured contemporary Urdu literature
Urdu writers and literary critics at the university have contributed in their own meaningful ways to keep the Persio-Urdu literary culture alive.
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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How the politics and language of ‘coming out’ in the LGBTQ community have evolved over the centuries
It began with the need for community, gradually transforming into a radical, political movement.
Abigail C Saguy, The Conversation
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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Need 400 Lok Sabha seats to construct temple at Gyanvapi mosque site: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
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From the East to the West, how much is lost (and found) in translation?
Is translation really the act of ‘chewing a bite already chewed by someone else’ – or is there more to it?
Humair Ishtiaq, Dawn.com
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A case for the apostrophe, the punctuation mark that is polarising the literary world
The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up to preserve the correct use of the punctuation mark.
Roslyn Petelin, The Conversation
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Slaying the Snark: What Lewis Carroll’s nonsense verse tells us about reality
His nonsense poem, ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ may be a puzzling read but it was a concerted attack on realism by the English writer.
Nina Lyon, Aeon
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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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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Did Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking ‘Things Fall Apart’ subvert colonial structures – or uphold them?
It was a pivotal moment in modern African writing but did Achebe’s use of English help transcend national boundaries or was it ‘colonisation of the mind’?
Sarah Jilani, The Conversation
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How a linguistics teacher created an entire anarchist language inspired by Ursula K le Guin
The iconic science fiction writer left clues to the Pravic language in her novel, ‘The Dispossessed’.
Martin Edwardes, The Conversation
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What does ‘Orwellian’ (also ‘Dickensian’ and ‘Kafkaesque’) mean, anyway?
It all began, as one might have expected, with ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’.
Nick Bentley, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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So you’re a reader, but do you know what these words really mean?
A 'cloud' was once a hill, and a 'girl' was a child of either sex.
Debika Lahiri
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Text. Texture. Textile. What words about writing really mean
The etymology of “author” points to someone who invents things or makes things grow.
Debika Lahiri