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Rajat Chaudhuri
Rajat Chaudhuri is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Assam’s Kokrajhar Literary Festival shows how literary festivals can be truly inclusive
A melting pot of culture and languages that represents India’s amazing diversity.
Rajat Chaudhuri
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Literary fiction meets a clear-eyed appreciation of the planetary crises in ‘Memory of Water’
The cli-fi novel convinces us of future dangers with its evocative prose and carefully calibrated storytelling.
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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.
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Trending
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‘Viduthalai Part 1’ review: A blistering portrayal of power run amok
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Is ‘glass skin’ achievable? A dermatologist answers this and other skincare questions in a new book
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Spain Masters Super 300 quarterfinals blog: PV Sindhu into semis with good win Mia Blichfeldt
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Muslim residents aghast as Hindu neighbours in Noida call the police to stop Ramzan prayers
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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.
Rajat Chaudhuri
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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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Video
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Watch: Policemen help elderly man collect spilled grains after the sack fell off his motorcycle
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Watch: Traffic constable’s dog rides on motorbike in watermelon-shell helmet to raise awareness
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Watch: Toddler shoots basketball through hoop behind his back, stuns father and brother
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Watch: Mumbai’s Gateway of India is the backdrop for Christian Dior fashion show
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Watch: Rescuers pull out devotees who fell into Indore temple stepwell after the roof collapsed
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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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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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The Reel
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‘Viduthalai Part 1’ review: A blistering portrayal of power run amok
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‘Murder Mystery 2’ review: An enjoyably silly return to bumbling adventure
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‘Gaslight’ review: Exactly who is being gaslit here?
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‘Dead Ringers’ trailer: David Cronenberg’s acclaimed film is now a series
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‘Mrs Undercover’ trailer: Radhika Apte toggles between housework and espionage
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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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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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The Field
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IPL 2023: Gaikwad’s knock is in vain as Gill, Rashid star for Gujarat Titans in five-wicket win
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IPL 2023: CSK’s Tushar Deshpande, GT’s Sai Sudharsan used as tournament’s first two Impact Players
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Watch, IPL 2023: Mohammed Shami picks up 100th IPL wicket with a cracking delivery in GT vs CSK
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IPL 2023: MS Dhoni fit to play as Hardik Pandya opts to bowl first in season-opener
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Spain Masters Super 300 quarterfinals blog: PV Sindhu into semis with good win Mia Blichfeldt