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Veena Muthuraman
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Does this anthology of striking science-fiction from south Asia talk of the future or the present?
The Gollancz Books of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2 goes well beyond traditional SF to embrace horror, fantasy, and climate fiction.
Veena Muthuraman
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‘The Grand Anicut’: The Cholas are in control, and a dam is coming up on the Kaveri in this novel
An excerpt from Veena Muthuraman’s novel set in ancient Tamilakam, where the arrival of a Roman trading ship changes everything.
Veena Muthuraman
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Thousands of years before becoming a vegan hit, the jackfruit was an intrinsic part of Sangam poetry
The ubiquitous fruit has been described as ‘smelly’ and ‘ugly’, but it was intimately tied to ancient Tamil culture.
Veena Muthuraman
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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This timely collection of South Asian science fiction is sorely needed – but does it go far enough?
The ‘Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction’ features a vast variety of contemporary writing and (almost) delivers on its promises.
Veena Muthuraman
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‘The long history of Sanskrit has many faces, including voices of protest and revolt’: David Shulman
An interview with the scholar and translator whose work spans, among other subjects, the languages of South India, history of religion and Carnatic music.
Veena Muthuraman
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‘Washington Black’: A novel that puts the oppressed in the world of oppressors and sees what happens
The novel that turns the narrative of slave fiction upside down is on several best-of-the-year lists, and for good reason too.
Veena Muthuraman
Video
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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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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Can the history of South India be told in a single book? No, but this one tells stories that matter
Charles Allen’s sprawling ‘Coromandel’ is better read as a collection of essays than as an integrated historical journey.
Veena Muthuraman
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It took a translation to hear the stories of this Greek epic the way a woman would have told them
Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate ‘The Odyssey’ into English.
Veena Muthuraman
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Alien invasions, heady gaming, and the view from China. This is science-fiction with three twists
Physics meets literature in a play of imagination.
Veena Muthuraman
The Reel
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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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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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This meditative biography of Tamil is a breathtaking sweep over a linguistic landscape
A journey through the Dravidian renaissance and the ‘rediscovery’ of the classics in the language.
Veena Muthuraman
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Here is a new way to read Elena Ferrante: Try walking through Naples
Visiting the book-life haunts of the characters from the Neapolitan Quartet was a unique journey.
Veena Muthuraman
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His name isn’t Byomkesh, and he’s the new detective to hit Calcutta
Abir Mukherjee’s Sam Wyndham is an unlikely sleuth who seems to be here to stay.
Veena Muthuraman
The Field
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament