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Veena Muthuraman
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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
Trending
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At the very end of SC’s Aadhaar hearings, government admits it has been dishonest all along
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In Dhoni’s tactical masterclass, there were a few lessons to be learnt for Kohli
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Madhu Kishwar interview: ‘It is hard to understand why Modi has not punished the scamsters’
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Healing myself: A woman recounts her struggles after a court acquitted the man she accused of rape
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This Tibetan monk visited India in 1934 and wrote a book about sex that rivals the ‘Kama Sutra’
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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
Video
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Watch John Oliver explain why Trump’s ending the Iran nuclear deal would cause ‘irreversible’ damage
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Watch a Pakistani military band play Boney M’s ‘Rasputin’ to commemorate fallen troops
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Watch: Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath tells protesting crowd in Kushinagar to stop their ‘nautanki’
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Watch: A theme park in Japan built a life-size cherry blossom tree entirely out of LEGO blocks
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Watch: Tanmay Bhat interviews the Chief Business Officer of YouTube. It’s serious, not funny
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How to take on an entrenched, regressive social order, one novel at a time
Perumal Murugan’s ‘Pyre’: continuing our series on books that our readers are moved by.
Veena Muthuraman
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Fiction uncovers the facts of the unknown price of Gulf remittances
Benyamin’s ‘Goat Days’: continuing our series on books that our readers are moved by.
Veena Muthuraman
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When fiction asks that difficult question: what price are you willing to pay for progress?
Abdourahman Waberi's 'Passage of Tears': continuing our series on books that our readers are moved by.
Veena Muthuraman
The Reel
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Amy Adams to star in movie adaptation of AJ Finn’s ‘The Woman in the Window’
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Vishal Bhardwaj and Junglee Pictures to make ‘Talvar’ sequel on the Gurugram school murder
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‘Hichki’ to ‘Bucket List’: Why are the comeback films of actresses all about empowerment?
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‘Mr Chandramouli’ trailer: Family comes first in boxing drama
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Ahead of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, a Tamil film served up a multi-starring feast