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‘A Time for Ebby’: This modern fable featuring a 15-year-old will appeal to readers of all ages
Set in the fictional town of Nimish, 15-year-old Ebby is on a quest to uncover a lost secret to safeguard her family’s long legacy.
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‘Sing of Life’: Priya Sarukkai Chhabria reweaves Tagore’s ‘Gitanjali’ for the reader on the go
Chhabria keeps the core and pares down the body in this unique homage.
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‘The Amma who took French Leave’: A story from a collection of short fiction about ‘impetuous women’
An excerpt from Impetuous Women, by Shikhandin.
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Trending
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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Manipur student protests: Can the CM tide over growing Meitei anger?
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India at Asian Games, Oct 2 live blog: Parul, Priti win silver and bronze in 3000m steeplechase
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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
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In the heart of Delhi, authorities take bulldozers to Muslim shrines with little warning
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This frightening short story depicts what might happen to humans in a post-apocalyptic world
Can other life forms take over human beings? What sort of transformation will this bring about?
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‘Karmic Chanting’: Sonnet Mondal’s poetry uses rich metaphors and elegant anguish to depict a quest
These poems can be overwhelming for the senses, but they also take the reader on a rewarding journey.
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This debut collection of poetry maps a geography of anguish in its lines and images
An assured collection, Saima Afreen’s poems in ‘Sin of Semantics’ navigate pain as well as places with passion, though they are a little too lush sometimes.
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Video
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Watch: Students drum on desk and pencil box in classroom to create catchy beats
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Watch: Stunning scenes from U2 concert at new venue that uses immersive floor-to-ceiling visuals
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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Watch: Massive traffic jam on road leading to Nandi Hills in Karnataka
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Watch: Emotional support alligator denied entry to baseball game, gets support from fans
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This book of poetry weaves the intimate and the public, the private and the shared, into stories
‘Out of Syllabus’: Sumana Roy’s poems take the reader from a place they know into new territory that is both unrecognisable and familiar.
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'My life, others' lives and lives of trees': Where Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar's new novel came from
The author of ‘The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ on writing his new book, ‘My Father’s Garden’ and his first novel for children.
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There’s a good chance adults will enjoy this book more than children (who already know what’s in it)
‘Prankenstein: The Book of Crazy Mischief’ cuts across age groups when it comes to pranksters and their mischief.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: In ‘A Fantastic Woman’, a trans singer hits the right notes
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Watch: Gigi Scaria’s film revisits memories of meeting Mahatma Gandhi
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‘Mujib’ trailer: Shyam Benegal’s film traces the journey of Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Two Shah Rukh Khan films, two political worldviews
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‘An espionage thriller is the most juicy genre’: Vishal Bhardwaj on ‘Khufiya’
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How do young children read about the death of someone they love? This book shows the way
Sharanya Manivannan ‘The Ammuchi Puchi’ deals with a difficult subject with tenderness.
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This debut collection of stories goes darkly beyond the margins of everyday reality
Often deliberately disjointed, Sucharita Dutta-Asane emerges with a distinct authorial voice.
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