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Trisha Gupta
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How do tourist guides explain (away) the erotic sculptures of Khajuraho to inquisitive visitors?
An excerpt from ‘The Sacred and the Profane: Experiencing Khajuraho’, by Trisha Gupta, from ‘Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and their (Hi)stories’.
Trisha Gupta
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Anuja Chauhan’s new novel may be a whodunnit, but its people are its pleasure, as usual
In ‘Club You To Death’, the popular writer with a perfect ear for conversation uses crime as a vehicle to portray the ‘beautiful people’ of Delhi society.
Trisha Gupta
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What would human history look like if told through our relationships with animals?
Simon Barnes’s ‘The History of the World in 100 Animals’ is a unique way of looking back – and around.
Trisha Gupta
Trending
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Muslim residents aghast as Hindu neighbours in Noida call the police to stop Ramzan prayers
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Pakistan’s military is no longer seen as a well-oiled machine, thanks in part to its former chief
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A strain of music that has flourished in India for centuries is being silenced by communalism
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A poem without verbs: The beauty of Dalit poet Omprakash Valmiki’s poem ‘Thakur Ka Kuan’
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‘My intention is to be as authentic as possible to what Veda Vyasa said’: Translator Bibek Debroy
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This study of archaeologist MN Deshpande’s work highlights the integrity and zeal of a true scholar
MN Deshpande was someone whose respect for the past was supreme.
Trisha Gupta
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This novel self-reflexively explores how a Kashmiri Pandit crafts the narrative of his life and loss
In ‘A Bit of Everything’, author Sandeep Raina travels with questions of memories and victimhood.
Trisha Gupta
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What the burqa and the bindi (and the hijab) stand for in our books, and in our current lives
‘Among the fascinating ways in which women have chosen to express cross-community solidarities these last few months is the interlacing of burqas and bindis.’
Trisha Gupta
Video
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Watch: Akshay Kumar pranks businessman Manish Mandhana for April Fool’s Day (and social media)
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Eco India, Episode 218: Can sustainable food production improve our consumption habits?
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Watch: This 33-year-old temple elephant has amazing football and cricket skills
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Watch: Man pulled to safety from Kosi river in Uttarakhand after sudden rise in water level
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Watch: Baseball fan runs onto field to propose to girlfriend, pinned to the ground by guards
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Poomani’s ‘Heat’ is a vivid novel concerned with the central difference between law and justice
Much of this Tamil novel, now in an English translation, unfolds in flashback. Read backwards, it might even be seen as a revenge saga.
Trisha Gupta
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With his new novel ‘Jasmine Days’, Benyamin once again skilfully presents fiction as fact
The Malayalam author’s new novel is told in the voice of a young Pakistani woman in an unnamed Middle Eastern country.
Trisha Gupta
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Upamanyu Chatterjee’s new novel is a minimalist study of revenge (and features Agastya Sen’s father)
A tightly woven story goes much deeper and wider than the slimness of the novel would suggest.
Trisha Gupta
The Reel
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‘Viduthalai Part 1’ review: A blistering portrayal of power run amok
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‘Murder Mystery 2’ review: An enjoyably silly return to bumbling adventure
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‘Gaslight’ review: Exactly who is being gaslit here?
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‘Dead Ringers’ trailer: David Cronenberg’s acclaimed film is now a series
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‘Mrs Undercover’ trailer: Radhika Apte toggles between housework and espionage
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From English to Kannada to Kannada to English: Tejaswini Niranjana’s mirrored path to translation
An interview with a polyglot cultural theorist on the practice of translation.
Trisha Gupta
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Meet the American who translates some of India’s finest Hindi writers into English
‘I was tired of translating detailed descriptions of male desire and women’s breasts.’
Trisha Gupta
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Kannada writer Jayant Kaikini’s evocative stories are infused with the body and soul of Mumbai
Set in Mumbai, and translated into English, this is an insightful, illuminating, and powerful collection.
Trisha Gupta
The Field
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IPL 2023: Wood stars as Lucknow Super Giants outplay Delhi Capitals for huge win in first home game
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Watch: PV Sindhu defeats Yeo Jia Min in thrilling contest to reach Spain Masters final
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IPL 2023: Arshdeep, Rajapaksa star as Punjab Kings defeat KKR in rain-curtailed match
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Spain Masters Super 300 SF blog: PV Sindhu into first final of 2023, to face Gregoria Tunjung
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IPL 2023: MS Dhoni – ‘The way Ruturaj Gaikwad picks his options, it is pleasing to watch’