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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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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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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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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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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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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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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Football: AIFF five-member committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent dis
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj