Stories written by
Sahana Hegde
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‘Mad Sisters of Esi’: A fantasy that runs smoothly on a dynamic form, emotions, and opaque magic
Tashan Mehta has a seductive conception of madness. In her novel it refers not to a loss of touch with reality but to the power to create it.
Sahana Hegde
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‘Age of Vice’: Nothing good happens in this novel of power and corruption, and that’s a good thing
Every time you think you’ve met the spider in Deepti Kapoor’s new novel, they turn out to be another fly.
Sahana Hegde
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‘Battles of Our Own’: A harsh reminder of how political power imbalances control individual desires
Jagadish Mohanty’s ‘Battles of Our Own’ (Nija Nija Panipatha) was published in Odia in 1990 and has just been translated into English.
Sahana Hegde
Trending
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‘The Archies’ review: A good-looking nostalgia piece
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How Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina has created a climate of fear ahead of January’s poll
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‘Chamak’ review: Exquisite music is the biggest draw
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Kuki groups reject allegations of pressuring families to refuse accepting bodies, compensation
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Booker Prize: Rediscovering the first female winner, the often-forgotten Bernice Rubens
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‘Happy Stories, Mostly’ is in fact a collection of melancholy stories about people who do bad things
Author Norman Erikson Pasaribu doesn’t put them on trial.
Sahana Hegde
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Perumal Murugan’s ‘Resolve’ is an extended meditation on the politics of marriage in India
The dynamics are captured in a cast of compelling characters.
Sahana Hegde
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‘400 Days’: Despite its clichéd ingredients, Chetan Bhagat’s new novel is his most readable yet
Stock characters and stock relationships, but the writing has matured.
Sahana Hegde
Video
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Gemini: Google posts videos of what its new AI model can do
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Watch: Panic among passengers after spotting flames under Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi coach
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‘Not pregnant, lost my uterus to cancer’: TV journalist responds to email criticising her outfit
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Watch: Three rare white lion cubs born in Venezuelan zoo
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‘This year baby Jesus is in rubble’: Nativity scene in Bethlehem church is in solidarity with Gaza
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‘House Next to the Factory’: How to write readable stories where nothing much really ever happens
Sonal Kohli’s fiction is neither ‘character-driven’ nor ‘plot-driven’. Mostly it is not driven at all.
Sahana Hegde
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‘Delhi’: M Mukundan’s novel tracks a series of misfortunes faced by Malayalis in the capital
Against a backdrop of chaos, the characters do their best to build themselves dignified lives.
Sahana Hegde
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Even if you know everything about Emperor Ashoka, there are very good reasons to read ‘Asoca’
Irwin Alan Sealy’s first person novel succeeds in the personality of the emperor that it creates—a less than extraordinary man with an extraordinary life.
Sahana Hegde
The Reel
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‘The Archies’ review: A good-looking nostalgia piece
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‘Chamak’ review: Exquisite music is the biggest draw
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Watch: A full-length ‘Dunki’ trailer is out
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‘Kabuliwala’ trailer: Mithun Chakraborty stars in latest adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore story
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
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‘Gods and Ends’: Lindsay Pereira’s novel offers an unflinching eye for stories of the wretched
Pereira has an ear for dialogue, and it’s a strength he plays to, even flaunts, in this novel set among Goans living in a decrepit Mumbai building.
Sahana Hegde
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‘Shamal Days’: Marked by sorrow and self-loathing, this novel of neuroses is an absorbing read
Sabin Iqbal’s new novel is a convincing depiction of the way unhappiness can seep into one’s very worldview.
Sahana Hegde
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‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’: This debut tries to do too many things for a focused novel
Karuna Ezara Parikh’s novel is a story of star-crossed lovers, but it refuses to be just that.
Sahana Hegde
The Field
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Weightlifting, IWF Grand Prix II: Bindyarani fails to complete; N Ajith returns underwhelming show
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England Tour of India: Sciver-Brunt, Wyatt lead visitors to victory in first T20I
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Pro Kabaddi League: Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas record blowout victories in Ahmedabad
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mohun Bagan Super Giant snatch late draw against Odisha FC
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Sun setting on the Commonwealth Games: Is it time to say goodbye to the multi-sport event?