Literary History
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A writer goes back in time to Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, to see the place through EM Forster’s eyes
EM Forster was once the private secretary to the Raja of the princely state of Dewas.
John Drew
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What questions did the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s catalogue of ‘102 Great Ideas’ raise?
Even if the things we read come from ‘good’ and ‘trustworthy’ sources, a decision still has to be made about what gets included and what gets left out.
Mike Ryder, The Conversation
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Booker Prize: Rediscovering the first female winner, the often-forgotten Bernice Rubens
She also remains the only Welsh winner in the history of the Prize.
Michelle Deininger, The Conversation
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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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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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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Why Alexander the Great was treated with hostility in Zoroastrian literature
Even in Firdawsi’s ‘Shahnamah’, he is described by Ardshir, founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as ‘the evil-minded tyrant’.
Ursula Sims-Williams
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How a 19th century Urdu play come to be translated in Hebrew script
This Judaeo-Urdu manuscript may have been created for (or by) the Baghdadi Jewish community.
Nur Sobers-Khan
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Jane Austen is the face of the new £10 note, and her curious banking story makes her an apt choice
Her daily life and career were marked by a close family connection with the world of banking.
Emma Clery, The Conversation
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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Why are Alys’s letters to her husband Faiz Ahmed Faiz consigned to elite private readings?
The poet’s Britain-born wife was anything but a passive voice. She subverted genre and gender roles.
Farha Noor
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The ghosts of a literary Indian hill-station that haunt the writers of the present
Mussoorie was, and is, one of India's most fertile grounds for writers.
Arup K Chatterjee, The Conversation
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PG Wodehouse shrugs off wartime controversy to take his place among the greats
For many critics and fervent patriots, Wodehouse had appeared to have collaborated with the Nazis.
Christine Berberich, The Conversation
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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Those poems you read in school are not what Indian poetry in English really is
An excerpt from the first comprehensive collection of essays on a poetry movement that can equal any other in the world.
Rosinka Chaudhuri
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Literary friendships that lead to better books (but also ferocious fights)
When authors befriend one another, there can be love and there can be hate.
Karthik Venkatesh
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How an Irish poet's epic poem on Kashmir captivated the West, spawning operas, musicals and grandeur
Thomas Moore never visited India. But 'Lalla Rookh', his story about a fictional Mughal princess introduced the Kashmir valley to artists in Europe.
Nirupama Rao
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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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