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Amish Raj Mulmi
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Why the rudraksha seed is a symbol of Nepal’s trade imbalance with China
While India is a significant market for the seed, Chinese buyers dominate and set the prices because they offer higher rates for the more common varieties.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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What history tell us about the reasons for Nepal to edge away India and turn to China
An excerpt from ‘All Roads Lead North’ by Amish Raj Mulmi.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Why (and how) a food delivery company expanded its service into taking books to customers
An interview with Vivek Sunder, COO, Swiggy, on his company’s foray into book delivery during the pandemic.
Kanishka Gupta & Amish Raj Mulmi
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘India doesn’t understand the area from a people-to-people perspective:’ Nepali writer Sujeev Shakya
An interview with the author of ‘Unleashing The Vajra’ and ‘Unleashing Nepal’.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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A literary agent lists ten books from outside the subcontinental mainstream we should be reading
Fiction from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tibet and parts of India that sometimes gets overlooked, points out Amish Mulmi.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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An extraordinary book explores identity and anxieties in Kumaon through human-animal relationships
In ‘Animal Intimacies’, anthropologist Radhika Govindarajan writes with tenderness and insight about the spaces of relatedness between humans and other animals.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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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This crime series set in Bangkok’s neon-lit streets brings the city’s lurid side to life
British writer John Burdett’s Sonchai Jitpleecheep series compels Western readers to look beyond Thailand’s beaches and the fetishisation of its sex industry.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Before Lisbeth Salander: The couple that invented Nordic noir with the Martin Beck series of books
Bleak landscapes and brooding detectives with personal demons are par for the course in books and TV now because of Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Being Muslim in the West: This crime fiction series set in Toronto shines as a beacon of hope
Ausmat Zehanat Khan’s series of crime novels starring Detective Esa Khattak counters the demonisation of Muslims by right-wing forces.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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
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To understand modern China read this crime fiction series featuring a poetry-loving detective
Qiu Xiaolong is a poet, translator and critic whose crime books starring the reluctant detective Chen Chao show a side of China beyond the news.
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Why are we still fascinated by tales of the ‘shikaar’ despite the ecological horrors of hunting?
From Jim Corbett to Donald Anderson, what lies behind the love of literature about hunting in colonial India?
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Writers’ journeys: So your book’s been commissioned. Here’s what will happen next
Brace yourself. There’s a lot more you have to do than just write your book.
Amish Raj Mulmi
The Field
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings