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Ipshita Mitra
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‘Industrial Roots’: Penury, paucity, and pain of working-class women are unmissable in these stories
Nothing in the stories seem bizarre or random. Remember, it all began with a freak accident in which Uncle Tom was killed by a freight train.
Ipshita Mitra
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Anjali Joseph’s ‘Keeping in Touch’ is an ode to (extra)ordinary lives in the guise of a romance
The stories of two individuals caught in something of a conundrum.
Ipshita Mitra
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How protesting women farmers mirror ‘The Five Women’ in Mahasweta Devi’s decades-old story
A foreshadowing in fiction of the role chosen by women in the farmers’ protest.
Ipshita Mitra
Trending
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Farmer leader Naresh Tikait stops wrestlers from immersing their medals in Ganga
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Pro-BJP accounts lead trolling of CJI Chandrachud, researchers show
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Reading list for young readers: The 12 books shortlisted for the 2023 Neev Book Awards
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How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?
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Video: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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How to not be mentally distressed during the lockdown: Read Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’
‘However strange your experience, other people have had it too,’ wrote Woolf in this 1926 essay.
Ipshita Mitra
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On Tom Alter’s death anniversary, a friend pays a tribute to the actor’s craft and beliefs
An interview with M Sayeed Alam, the founder of Pierrot’s Troupe who directed Alter in several plays and knew him intimately for two decades.
Ipshita Mitra
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The ministry of utmost translation: Lenka Lichtenberg on translating Arundhati Roy into Czech
‘You have to use all your sensitivity to create the same feeling and impact in a completely different language.’
Ipshita Mitra
Video
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Video: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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Watch: Slain singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s fans hold candlelight march on his first death anniversary
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Watch: Dancers continue unfazed as climate activists barge into Swedish dance show to disrupt it
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From discarded tents to oxygen tanks: Alarming video reveals garbage pile up at Mt Everest campsite
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Watch: Post-midnight celebrations by CSK fans across India as team wins fifth IPL title
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An exhibition looks back at Frida Kahlo’s life and beliefs – through her choice of clothes
The exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’ in London shows how the Mexican artist controlled and constructed her identity.
Ipshita Mitra
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What Ekin Oklap can tell readers about translating Orhan Pamuk
An interview with the translator of three of Pamuk’s recent books.
Ipshita Mitra
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If you check in at the world’s largest literary hotel, you might never want to go out (or leave)
In the Portuguese town of Óbidos is The Literary Man, where books rule over everything.
Ipshita Mitra
The Reel
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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs