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Nikhil Govind
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Vinod Kumar Shukla: An artist forever seeking to be one with his conscientious creation
Shukla is the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature for 2023.
Nikhil Govind
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A study of the Mahabharata: When Arjuna’s punishment turned into an adventure of love, friendship
An excerpt from ‘The Moral Imagination of the Mahabharata’, by Nikhil Govind.
Nikhil Govind
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A new English translation of ‘Ramcharitmanas’ reminds us of the crucial questions Tulsidas asks
‘The Epic of Ram’ affords new ways of asking literary, philosophical and religious questions – both for 16-century urbanised Benaras, as well as for our time.
Nikhil Govind
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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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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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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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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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Growing Up Karanth’ is a personal sketch of Shivarama Karanth’s life as remembered by his children
Shivarama Karanth was a novelist in the Kannada language, playwright, and an ecological conservationist.
Nikhil Govind
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‘A Time to Change’: How Nissim Ezekiel became the pioneer of a new era of English poetry in India
Published in 1952, the volume was one of the first significant books of postcolonial poetry in English.
Nikhil Govind
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Arundhathi Subramaniam’s new book maps the unique journeys of four lesser-known spiritual travellers
‘Women Who Wear Only Themselves’ provides glimpses of lives beyond those of talkative sadhus who inhabit social media.
Nikhil Govind
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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Chetan Bhagat’s new novel works not as a thriller but as an examination of the contemporary family
‘One Arranged Murder’ is a whodunit only schematically. It is more of an appraisal of a metropolitan social ethos.
Nikhil Govind
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Is ‘Suhledev’ history, fiction, or myth? Amish’s new book deliberately blurs the question
Suheldev is essentially a swashbuckling medieval bad boy who is nevertheless up to much good.
Nikhil Govind
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Ambedkar wanted unjust, unconscionable suffering to inform the critical idiom of the Constitution
An excerpt from ‘Inlays of Subjectivity: Affect and Action in Modern Indian Literature’, by Nikhil Govind.
Nikhil Govind
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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This biography of the Indian Constitution is not about the law today but about the ideal equilibrium
Gautam Bhatia’s book, ‘The Transformative Constitution’ will help many in the path toward legal literacy and thus a fuller and more participative citizenship.’
Nikhil Govind
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This book on Adi Shankaracharya could have been a vital revaluation of tradition. It isn’t
Pavan K Varma’s Atta Galatta-BLF Prize-winning book has its merits but ultimately suffers from too many drawbacks.
Nikhil Govind
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A new book shows us ways to read Shahryar’s life in his poetry, and poetry in his life
In ‘Shahryar: A Life in Poetry’, Rakshanda Jalil works as both biographer and translator.
Nikhil Govind
The Field
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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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