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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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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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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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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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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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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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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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains
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IPL 2024: Record-breaking Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians for first win of the season