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Rajat Chaudhuri
Rajat Chaudhuri is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘The Living Mountain’: Amitav Ghosh tells us stories about ourselves we can no longer ignore
The importance that the author accords to stories becomes evident from the plot of this fable.
Rajat Chaudhuri
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‘The Great Bengali Poetry Underground’: An anthology that dives beneath the calm surface
This collection, curated and translated by Rajat Chaudhuri, brings together work from ‘the turbulent undercurrents of Bengali verse-writing’.
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What can literature tell us about the post-coronavirus world that lies beyond the dark mountains?
From literary and historical clues to activist hopes, a menu of possibilities.
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Trending
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, Live updates: SV Sunil gets a brace as India go up 6-0
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Will climate fiction change 21st century literature the way that modernism did in the 20th century?
The third and final of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.
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Dystopia or utopia? Politics or aesthetics? What are the challenges of writing climate fiction?
The second of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.
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Why contemporary fiction can no longer evade an ethical obligation to engage with the climate crisis
The first of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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Can literature save the planet? Reading ‘Gun Island’ during an impending climate crisis
Or, as Amitav Ghosh’s novel seems to be asking: ‘Can climate fiction influence positive action away from unsustainable lifestyles?’
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A cursing, scooter-riding, occult detective lights up this dark fantasy novel featuring tantriks
Shweta Taneja’s ‘The Rakta Queen’ reprises Anantya Tantrist in the role of a sleuth in a world where the natural and the supernatural are intertwined.
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What readers can expect from a new anthology of Asian speculative fiction
The editor of the collection, Rajat Chaudhuri writes about the whats, whys and hows of the stories he selected.
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The Reel
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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This timely novel explores a dystopian Asian future, the result of interference with nature
Rajat Chaudhuri’s ‘The Butterfly Effect’ blends mystery, eco-fiction and a Russian doll narrative.
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Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’: A bleakly beautiful journey across a devastated American wasteland
The last in a three-part series about the changing concerns of the road novel.
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‘Mara and Dann’: Doris Lessing’s futuristic novel embodies a journey away from our dismal world
The second in a series on novels with road trips at the heart of their narratives.
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The Field
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, Live updates: SV Sunil gets a brace as India go up 6-0
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IPL 2022: LSG captain KL Rahul – ‘Our stats while chasing haven’t been good, we need to improve’
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Boxing: Meet Manisha Moun, the driven boxer from Kaithal who made her mark at the World C’ships
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Hockey India to come under CoA control after Delhi HC deems Narinder Batra’s involvement illegal
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French Open: Rafael Nadal becomes third man to win 300 Grand Slam singles matches