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Durba Chattaraj
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Reading ‘The Dawn of Everything’ from India: What if the past was a more enlightened place?
In their new book, David Graeber and David Wengrow imaginatively challenge the conventionally accepted arc of the progress of civilisation.
Durba Chattaraj
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Author’s lament: Why Amazon closing down Westland feels like we’re living in a Mohsin Hamid novel
‘What, really, is a book worth in the world? This overnight shutdown feels more personal still.’
Durba Chattaraj
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‘The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy’ is essential reading for our times. Especially for the young
Clues, partial answers and starting directions to solving some of the great puzzles and questions playing out in India today.
Durba Chattaraj
Trending
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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A blueprint for creating new readers in the post-pandemic world (or, what publishers need to do)
To create a new generation of readers in India, we will need a new generation of books.
Durba Chattaraj
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This book retrieves the horrific memories of a massacre in Bengal from the dustbin of history
In 1979, the Left Front government’s attack on refugees in Marichjhapi led to hundreds of deaths. ‘Blood Island’ is the oral history of survivors.
Durba Chattaraj
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A book featuring lynching photographs from America brings home a reality we cannot ignore
Allowing us to view lynching from a distance, ‘Without Sanctuary’ makes us realise our own complicity.
Durba Chattaraj
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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A French novel, written by a Mauritian writer, brings home our experience in India like few books do
‘Eve Out Of Her Ruins’ is written by Ananda Devi, a writer of Indian origin from Mauritius.
Durba Chattaraj
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Arundhati Roy’s novel lays bare the horrors and hopes of our times. This is not holiday homework
Whatever your political leaning, left, right or neither, you can’t stop reading this book.
Durba Chattaraj
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‘To me fiction can never be a manifesto with animated characters doing your bidding:’ Arundhati Roy
‘Dancing on the streets that we have marched on...even while the lynch mobs are out, and the vigilantes...spit and jeer – that’s utmost happiness.’
Durba Chattaraj
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties