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Harsimran Gill
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‘Principles of Prediction': Anushka Jasraj's mesmerising debut collection revels in the unknowable
Reality and absurdity blend in this collection of short stories.
Harsimran Gill
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‘Hellfire’: From a bright morning full of possibilities to nightfall in a house shrouded in secrets
Leesa Gazi’s Bengali novel, translated into English by Shabnam Nadiya, is a thrilling, unsettling, and wildly satisfying descent into the macabre.
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How complicit is the employee of a corporation that follows unethical practices, asks this novel
Tanuj Solanki’s ‘The Machine Is Learning’ raises questions that cannot, perhaps, be answered just yet.
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Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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All your questions about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine answered
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
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First Brexit made me feel an outsider in Britain. Now Covid-19 has made me feel unwanted in India
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‘A Burning’: An extraordinary debut novel explores justice and ambition in an unequal land
Who is allowed to dream in a country where injustice prevails, asks Megha Majumdar’s novel.
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This novel throws new light on the world of the living by showing us how a dead man might see it
Shehan Karunatilaka’s ‘Chats With The Dead’ is peopled with ghosts investigating political killings in Sri Lanka.
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‘My book is not an apocalyptic book at all. I guess I’m leaving hope as a possibility’: Amitav Ghosh
The author of ‘Gun Island’ on the role of fiction, his relationship with the Sunderbans, and why pre-modern texts might hold answers to today’s problems.
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Video
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‘They’ll announce winner of Sales Premier League’: Danish Sait spoofs annual sales conferences
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Watch: Unconnected ‘wind phone’ provides comfort to those grieving from Fukushima disaster losses
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Watch: Nick Jonas releases 1980s – and Priyanka Chopra Jonas – inspired pop track, ‘This Is Heaven’
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Watch: Police constable regulates traffic with a baby in her arms
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Watch: Banksy’s creative video confirms he’s behind powerful artwork on the wall of a British jail
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‘Adèle’: She stunned us with ‘Lullaby’ but Leïla Slimani falters with her novel about a sex addict
Slimani’s newly-translated novel is marked by her distinctive style but leaves her eponymous protagonist opaque.
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Meet the geneticist and author who is using ancient DNA to upend how we approach human history
An interview with David Reich, scientist and author of ‘Who We Are and How We Got There’.
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Mary Beard interview: ‘Being a popular writer helps you say the unpopular’
An interview with the classicist and historian about the problems with social media, looking at the classics through a modern lens and populism today.
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The Reel
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ review: Treachery and remorse in drama about the Black Panther Party
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In ‘Notturno’ documentary, vignettes of war and the eerie calm between the storms
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Charles Sobhraj mini-series ‘The Serpent’ heading to Netflix
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Colson Whitehead on ‘The Underground Railroad’: ‘There’s no rule about what I can write’
An interview with the American author about the Pulitzer prize-winning ‘The Underground Railroad’ and writing about history through the lens of fiction.
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‘It’s about the saddest things I can think of’: Pulitzer winner Andrew Sean Greer on his comic novel
An interview with the American author about ‘Less’, winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and what he’s looking forward to in queer literature.
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Another edition of the Jaipur Lit Fest ends but ethical concerns about title sponsor remain
Some claim that the prestigious event’s association with the Zee media group lends credibility to a news channel accused of running polarising reportage.
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The Field
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Boxing: Simranjit Kaur, Pooja Rani and Jasmine win silver medals at Boxam International
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ISL semi-finals: Sylla’s late goal earns NorthEast United a first-leg draw against ATK Mohun Bagan
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Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat to fight for gold in Rome, Sarita Mor wins silver
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India v South Africa: World Cup quest begins for Mithali Raj and Co in long-awaited return to action
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Swiss Open Super 300: PV Sindhu sets up blockbuster final against Carolina Marin