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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
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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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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, as it happened: India win 16-0 to go through to the Super 4
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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
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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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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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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
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Kambar’s ‘Karimayi’ is too simplistic a depiction of the old order versus the new in Karnataka
There are too many stereotypes and not enough depth, despite Chandrasekhar Kambar’s masterly storytelling.
Nikhil Govind
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Why everyone should read more of Malayalam writer Rajelakshmy’s groundbreaking fiction
The Malayalam writer, who killed herself at just 35, is acknowledged as one of the creators of post-colonial prose modernism.
Nikhil Govind
The Reel
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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The fascinating world of KCS Paniker, the founder of Chennai’s iconic Cholamandal Artists’ Village
Despite the many institutional positions Paniker held, he refused government money work for the village – every home was built by an artist.
Nikhil Govind
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One hundred years later, ‘Devdas’ is still celebrated as the anti-masculine hero
A self-absorbed, sumptuous notion of love that has broken the mould for 100 years.
Nikhil Govind