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M Saad
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A literary gangster who protested through obscenity: the salaciousness of Henry Miller
Born on December 26, 1891, Miller survived controversies and censure to have his reputation restored.
M Saad
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William Dalrymple’s book masterfully chronicles an early instance of corporate power over governance
But the book underplays the role of the British government in the East India Company’s annexation of large tracts of India from the Mughals and others.
M Saad
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JD Salinger centenary: His best work was not ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, but his Glass family stories
One hundred years after he was born on January 1, 1919, the writer is best known for his iconic novel. But these short and long stories are his real legacy.
M Saad
Trending
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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‘Sea Prayer’: Khaled Hosseini’s new book reminds readers of his formula for literary success
The writer has achieved bestseller status with heart-wrenching novels about the misery of individual lives in war-torn Afghanistan.
M Saad
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Over 150 years later, Maupassant’s fiction is remembered for the questions it asked of morality
What was it that Guy de Maupassant, born on this day, August 5, found in the poor that he couldn’t find in respectable people?
M Saad
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Why we must not forget Robert Frost when we read modern poetry. He made the everyday extraordinary
Shorn of the flourish of rhetoric, treading close to prose, Frost’s poetry is a true hallmark of the undramatic modern.
M Saad
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?