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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.
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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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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.
Niyati Bhat
Trending
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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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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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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Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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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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‘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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The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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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.
Niyati Bhat
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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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A novel about one woman’s life becomes a neat history of middle-class anxiety in India
In ‘Pilgrimage’, Ira Singh tells Monica aka Mona’s story backwards, and from three different perspectives.
Niyati Bhat
The Field
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet