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Supriya Nair
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‘Akbar of Hindustan’: Parvati Sharma’s biography presents its subject with all his ambiguities
This book isn’t trying to reassure us with the complacency of knowing things.
Supriya Nair
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This book calls out India’s political betrayals sharply, but does not shake the edifice hard enough
With inspiring moral conviction, KS Komireddi’s ‘Malevolent Republic’ retraces the path of treachery that modern India has treaded since 1947.
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‘Cat Person’ took the world by storm – do the rest of Kristen Roupenian’s short stories match up?
The other stories in ‘You Know You Want This’, Roupenian’s debut collection, delve into similar themes of humiliation and sexual relationships but lack impact.
Supriya Nair
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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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Shakespeare: Not a parent but a twin of modern Indian cinema and theatre, says a delicious new book
Jonathan Gil Harris’s ‘Masala Shakespeare’ is a mixture of cultural criticism, film journalism, social history and lively, opinionated autobiography.
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This meditative novel about devadasis and the consumption of art is held back by its moralism
In ‘The Undoing Dance’, Srividya Natarajan uses the story of a family to reflect on the history of dance and the ownership of artistry.
Supriya Nair
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‘Defiance was a strong part of it’: Why Alan Hollinghurst began writing about gay life and history
An interview with the British author on his pathbreaking debut, the ‘gay novel’ today and the problem with nostalgia.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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This earnest but trivial book about Brahmins in Varanasi strives to avoid intellectual engagement
Aatish Taseer’s ‘The Twice-Born’ denies the application of economics, political science, and sociology to its reportage.
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An imaginative biography of Jahangir shows how the distant past can be made intimately recognisable
Parvati Sharma’s book flouts convention and treats Jahangir as a literary character, with sympathy for both his genius and limitations.
Supriya Nair
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‘Red Birds’: Mohammed Hanif’s most sorrowful novel is swallowed up by its grief
The writer’s third novel, told by multiple first-person narrators, is set in an unnamed, war-torn Muslim country.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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‘English, August’ is getting a special 30-year edition. But does it still hold up in 2018?
The fixations of Upamanyu Chatterjee’s novel, featuring the aimless bureaucrat Agastya Sen, do not age well, but the book retains its sharp voice.
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‘Half The Night is Gone’: This unmistakably great novel stops short with its political provocations
Amitabha Bagchi’s new novel is nevertheless an extraordinary telling of the bonds between past and present, with an atmosphere unlike in any recent book.
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Vikram Chandra on ‘Sacred Games’: ‘I cried though I know what’s going to happen to the characters’
The acclaimed writer on the Netflix adaptation of his 2006 novel: ‘‘People in the series talk the way Indians talk.’
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The Field
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Football: AIFF technical committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent display
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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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