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Niyati Bhat
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‘For Now, It Is Night’: Kashmiri writer Hari Krishna Kaul’s stories get a new life in translation
The translators show how translations of Kashmiri short stories can be creative while remaining faithful to the author’s voice and style.
Niyati Bhat
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Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s poetry is her powerful call for affirmative action
Charal’s straightforwardness in ‘I Belong to Nowhere’ tells us that poetry doesn’t have to be elusive or seeped in metaphors to make a point.
Niyati Bhat
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‘Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS’ is a celebration of the biggest boy band in the world
The ten-year anniversary memoir is at once an encyclopaedia for the uninitiated and an emotional roller coaster ride for longtime fans.
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Trending
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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Contradictory documentary demands of CAA violate right to legal identity
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Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
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This collection of modern Tibetan essays offers heartfelt, heartbreaking accounts of survival, hope
‘The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays’ is the first anthology of essays by Tibetans-in-exile published in India, but it certainly should not be the last.
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‘Some say my translations read like originals, and originals, like translations’: Aruna Chakravarti
An interview with translator turned critically-acclaimed author, Aruna Chakravarti.
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Kashmir’s stories are best told by Kashmiris themselves, shows this anthology of short fiction
Curated and translated by Neerja Mattoo, ‘The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told’ is a chronicle of transition and trauma.
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Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Kashmiri Pandits and the exodus: Eight books that go to the heart of the pain and trauma
A memoir, an autobiographical novel and fiction written from lived experience.
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The new biography of Agha Shahid Ali is a love letter to the poet but not a critical view of a life
Manan Kapoor’s ‘A Map of Longings’ builds greatly on what others have said and written about the poet from Kashmir.
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Meena Kandasamy’s documentary on Sri Lanka’s women Tamil warriors is now her latest book
With ‘The Orders Were To Rape You’, the writer takes the trauma of the participants towards posterity.
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The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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‘Terrarium’: A debut poetry collection that is therapeutic, nuanced and bursting with wisdom
With her debut collection, Urvashi Bahuguna displays the skill and depth of a seasoned poet.
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Akhil Katyal’s poetry observes, records, and churns present-day truths
‘How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross?’ is an overwhelming chronicle of our times in verse.
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‘You have to be very humble’: How Neerja Mattoo translates from Kashmiri to English
The first in a series of interviews featuring women translating texts from and into different languages.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth
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Delhi court frames sexual harassment charges against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena open season – All you need to know