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Ulka Anjaria
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Fifty years later, Shrilal Shukla’s ‘Raag Darbari’ is being reborn as modern Indian literature
The world is upside-down, provincialism has replaced cosmopolitanism, and exoticism is dead in today’s fiction. Just like in ‘Raag Darbari’.
Ulka Anjaria
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Will Arundhati Roy's new novel change the course of Indian writing in English again?
'The God of Small Things' sparked a whole new literature. What will 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' bring?
Ulka Anjaria
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‘Lady Lolita’s Lover’ shows us there can be no Great Indian Novel right now
Perhaps the new, emerging reality cannot be artistically represented in the traditional form of big fiction.
Ulka Anjaria
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Bodies with hands tied uncovered from mass graves in Gaza, says UN
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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Indian fiction: Why the English vs Bhasha debate no longer makes sense
A new idiom for contemporary English fiction makes a “bhasha” out of English.
Ulka Anjaria
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Amitav Ghosh and Aravind Adiga: two ways to write English in India
One represents the past and one, the future, of the use of the English language in Indian fiction.
Ulka Anjaria
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Reading Chetan Bhagat in Dhaka: the anxiety of English literature
Choosing what to read is playing a crucial role in the uneasy conflict between the mother-tongue and English.
Ulka Anjaria
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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