World Literature
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‘Dream of the Red Chamber’: Why you should read a 2,500-page-long, 18th century Chinese novel
The sprawling novel is one of an immersive experience of Imperial China and one of literature’s most ambitious attempts at capturing the human experience.
Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
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Photos and translations: The unique semi-pictographic dongba script of China’s Naxi people
This script can probably be dated to 13th century and is often touted as the world’s last living pictographic script, although that is not entirely accurate.
Duncan Poupard
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New African literature is disrupting the standard lists of Western publishers (making readers happy)
African writing ends up volleyed between two default poles of ‘corporate global’ and ‘activist local’.
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, The Conversation
Trending
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Photos: Chinese and Islamic influences come together in the Qurans printed in China
With Muslim traders working in the Asian country, an Islamic community is said to have been established there in centuries past.
Colin F Baker & Ursula Sims-Williams
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Here's proof that Bob Dylan reads poetry: Five extraordinary poems that inspired him
Bob Dylan has leaned on poetry more than any other musician, before or since.
Tim Atkins, The Conversation
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Philip Roth: The American writer who shouldn’t need the Nobel to be read the world over
With another American having won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Roth may have a long wait.
Saikat Majumdar
Video
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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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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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Even without the Nobel, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writing of resistance is memorable
Thiong'o abjured English as the coloniser's tongue, and wrote his first novel in prison on toilet paper.
Devapriya Roy
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Akhil Sharma wins Dublin International literary prize worth €100,000
The Indian-American author beat 159 others to win it for his autobiographical novel, ‘Family Life’.
Scroll Staff
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After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed
When a writer came across an old newspaper article calling Sarah E Farro "the first negro novelist", she wondered: who was Farro?
Gretchen Gerzina, The Conversation
The Reel
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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What to expect from Shehan ‘Chinaman’ Karunatilaka’s new novel (hint: think ghosts)
The Sri Lankan winner of three literary prizes for his first novel is finally back with his second.
Smriti Daniel
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When Shakespeare went to East Africa and found favour with the Indian diaspora
Strange and wonderful things happen when the playwright's works cross continents.
University of Cambridge
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What to do when raped every night by groups of invading soldiers
An excerpt from an epic Indonesian novel whose closest comparison is ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’.
Eka Kurniawan
The Field
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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
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement