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Arunima Mazumdar
Arunima Mazumdar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Is popularity the reason Haruki Murakami does not win the Nobel Prize, or is it compensation for it?
Did the seriousness of Murakami’s works lessen as his fandom grew?
Arunima Mazumdar
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‘Young Mungo’: Douglas Stuart’s novel on working-class Glaswegian adolescent boy and his coming out
At its heart, ‘Young Boy’ is a tale of first love and dreams of escape amid everyday violence in a homophobic town.
Arunima Mazumdar
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‘Fascism is never static, it always reinvents itself’: TD Ramakrishnan, author of the novel ‘Alpha’
‘During authoritarian rule, it is usual to find ways to validate the rule. History is a means to do this effectively.’
Arunima Mazumdar
Trending
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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International Film Festival of India refuses to carry anti-caste poem by former BJP MLA in its daily
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How the decades-old Japanese honkaku murder mysteries are making a comeback in English translation
Seishi Yokomizo’s novels, published by Pushkin Vertigo, are all the rage among crime fiction fans in the English-reading world.
Arunima Mazumdar
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Why Pagdandi of Pune transformed its library-cum-cafe into a bookstore during the pandemic
While other bookshops were closing down, Neha Pipraiya and Vishal Pipraiya had a different idea.
Arunima Mazumdar
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Haruki Murakami’s new book shows why we are in a love-hate relationship with his short stories
‘First Person Singular’ is far from Murakami’s best, but it is a welcome change in these sullen times of readers’ block and burnout.
Arunima Mazumdar
Video
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Why the pandemic and life in lockdown feels like a never-ending Haruki Murakami novel
A publicist for a publishing company finds her existence uncannily similar to those of characters in the Japanese novelist’s books.
Arunima Mazumdar
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Season Three of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is on, but the graphic novel is a unique way to read the book
Renée Nault’s storyline and art hark back to the original novel rather than mining the film or the series.
Arunima Mazumdar
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With ‘The Only Story’, Julian Barnes is back to writing of love, but not of romance or happiness
The novel looks back on 19-year-old Paul’s unconventional relationship with an older woman, Susan, and the disastrous suffering that both endure.
Arunima Mazumdar
The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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Murakami writes as mysteriously as ever about men without women, but somewhere the magic is missing
How many times can stories without endings be written?
Arunima Mazumdar
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Now we know what Haruki Murakami thinks about when he thinks about music
A series of conversations with a renowned conductor reveals a new facet of Murakami’s writing technique.
Arunima Mazumdar
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Why writers from Pakistan are looking to publish in India
Indian publishers are readying to bring out a host of books by writers from across the border.
Arunima Mazumdar
The Field
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal begin campaign with wins on Day 3
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Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara rides on luck and faith to let his talent shine through
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Australia tour of India: Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell make way for rookies as visitors rehaul T20 team
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Victor Rodriguez leads FC Goa to a win over Jamshedpur FC
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup preview: All you need to know about India’s campaign in Chile