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Urvashi Bahuguna’s memoir of mental illness shares and bares her affliction, and talks of hope
The essays in ‘No Straight Thing Was Ever Made’ draw from her earlier book of poems, but now the illness follows the author everywhere.
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JCB Jury interview: ‘All these books are going to change conversations for better or worse’
A short conversation with Aruni Kashyap and Tejaswini Niranjana, two members of the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature jury.
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How Chaya Bhuvaneswar, a doctor in the US, wrote a prizewinning debut collection of short stories
An interview with the writer of ‘White Dancing Elephants’, a book of stories exploring betrayal, violence, loss, racism, desperation, and disappearance.
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Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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Why is everyone suddenly reading this Japanese novel? The translator tries to explain
The Morgan Giles interview: ‘I talked about translating the book non-stop for two years till the publisher gave in’
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Just how global is the 2019 Man Booker International Prize longlist of translated fiction?
It’s not so much the individual hits and misses as the fact that large parts of the world are not represented. Are translated books from those areas so poor?
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To read Samanta Schweblin’s short stories is to expect a dry mouth and a loss of words
The stories in ‘Mouthful Of Birds’ were written before the Argentinian author’s acclaimed novella ‘Fever Dream’.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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‘Milkman’: This year’s Man Booker winner ensures we do not underestimate ourselves as readers
The critical and popular response to the novel has been decidedly mixed.
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In a landscape of new literary awards, what can readers take away from the DSC Prize longlist?
The 16 novels reveal attention to translations, but largely remain limited to known and expected heavyweight authors.
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JCB Prize longlist: What we think about when we think about contemporary fiction from India
Ten novels that offer both common themes and unique points of divergence.
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The Reel
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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An alternative literary prize aims to be what the Nobel Prize hasn’t been – inclusive and democratic
The 2018 Literature Nobel was cancelled amidst allegations of sexual assault, but the New Academy is inviting votes for an alternative prize.
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‘I didn’t want the tragedy to arrive as a kind of what-will-happen-next page-turner’: Anuradha Roy
Anuradha Roy on never reading Tagore until she began researching her ‘All The Lives We Never Lived’, and why she turns to Chekov for writing inspiration.
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How translator Jennifer Croft won £26,000 and the Man Booker International Prize
Croft won for her translation of ‘Flights’ from the Polish of Olga Tokarczuk’s unusual novel in fragments. This is how she did it.
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The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final