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Gayathri Prabhu
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The true story of how my mobile phone turned my novel into a love story in prose poetry
The length of the line that can fit on a mobile phone screen had everything to do with it.
Gayathri Prabhu
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How a maligned Virginia Woolf points to the problem of generic introductions to the classics
Things become tricky when misperceptions turn up in affordable paperback series by leading international publishers.
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This cult classic about a volcanic love affair between two poets turns 75 this year
‘By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept’, by the Canadian poet Elizabeth Smart, was barely noticed when it was published. But its appeal has survived.
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Trending
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Kathmandu mayor installs map of ‘Greater Nepal’ after ‘Akhand Bharat’ controversy
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Watch: Beyoncé was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy on stage for a dance routine during UK concert
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In Kashmir, Army unit booked as young man dies of electric shock
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Indian schools are unprepared to deal with heat waves that are already disrupting education
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‘Krishna’: Remembering Anant Pai’s iconic Amar Chitra Katha comic book published 50 years ago
Written personally by Pai, ‘Krishna’ set a template for the mythological works from ACK.
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This memoir explores life under the mortal threat of a pandemic over 100 years ago
Shanta Gokhale’s translation of Lakshmibai Tilak’s autobiography includes the writer’s experience of the Bombay Plague of 1896.
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Why Vivek Shanbhag’s Kannada novel ‘Ondu Badi Kadalu’ must be translated into other languages
Or, what reading ‘One Side The Sea’ during the lockdown meant for a writer.
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Video
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‘What The Hell Are We Dying For’: Shawn Mendes’s new song on New York skies after Canada wildfires
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Watch: Elephant gently shakes a tree to get a jackfruit from it
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Watch: Durg-Puri Express passengers evacuate train in panic after spotting fire under an AC coach
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Watch: Google Doodle video celebrates dancer-choreographer Willi Ninja’s 62nd birth anniversary
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Watch: Italian MP breastfeeds baby in Parliament, applauded for setting a precedent
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Why write of love in a time of strife such as this, asks a writer, and answers her question
‘I harbour guilt at what feels like self-indulgence, the wearing of blinders, a Houdini act into the creative hatch.’
Gayathri Prabhu
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How do you retell a classic that has already been retold several times over? Ask Gayathri Prabhu
An explanation of the writer’s strategy behind a new version of the tales of Vikram and Vetaal from the ‘Kathasaritsagara’.
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What might the Vetaal and Vikram stories look like in the 21st century?
An excerpt from ‘Shared Bodies’, from Gayathri Prabhu’s playful reworking of the legendary tales from the eleventh century Kathasaritsagara.
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The Reel
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‘Bloody Daddy’ review: Plenty of cocaine but not enough speed
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‘Por Thozhil’ review: A gripping police procedural
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‘Dhoomam’ trailer: Fahadh Faasil headlines Pawan Kumar’s crime thriller
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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When Amrita Pritam wove her autobiography around love, she also demonstrated the many ways to love
In her centenary year, Amrita Pritam’s personal story, written in narrative fragments, take us back to the tumultuous role of love in her life.
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Indian literature keeps waiting for the literary memoir as a form distinct from the autobiography
Is it fact, fiction, or something in between? The publishing business in India doesn’t seem to have an answer.
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He tried to kill himself. She found out. They talked: A dialogue between an artist and a writer
A mediative duet on death and life between artist Michael Varghese and writer Gayathri Prabhu.
Michael Varghese & Gayathri Prabhu
The Field
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Live
WTC Final, Australia vs India, Day 3 live updates: Ajinkya Rahane departs right after lunch
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Tennis: India’s only ATP 250 event set to relocate outside the country as Pune’s contract ends
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Athletics: M Sreeshankar to feature in first Diamond League event of 2023 at Paris meet
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French Open: Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic, a match laced with era-defining potential
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Hockey: Araijeet Singh Hundal keeps calm and finds his scoring touch in India’s junior Asian triumph