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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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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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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 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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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit