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Saloni Sharma
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‘Red River’: To whom does a piece of land belong? Who gets to live on its resources?
Somnath Batabyal’s novel walks a tightrope between seeming normalcy and its violent collapse.
Saloni Sharma
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Upamanyu Chatterjee’s new novel situates itself in the stability and freedoms of faith
Based on the life of the author’s friend Fabrizio Senesi, ‘Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life’ is a break from Chatterjee’s dark humour and cynicism.
Saloni Sharma
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‘Beneath the Simolu Tree’: How the ordinary can inspire complex relationships with art and grief
As an advocate for people with spinal muscular atrophy, author Sarmistha Pritam also writes with sensitivity about the role of caregiving.
Saloni Sharma
Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Women’s Prize for Fiction: A reader’s guide to the six books on the 2024 shortlist
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘The Kidnapping of Mark Twain’: The turn of the century and a brave new Bombay
Largely delivering on its promise, the book is a story of crime, intrigue, and detection.
Saloni Sharma
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‘Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times’ engages with critical issues and offers no easy solutions
Rakhshanda Jalil’s valuable anthology answers the banal question about the ‘relevance’ of Urdu with aplomb and skill.
Saloni Sharma
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‘The History Teacher of Lahore’: Literature as witness and vehicle of change during difficult times
A crucial coming-of-age story from Pakistan of a protagonist caught in the flux of a changing national imagination.
Saloni Sharma
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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‘The Dream Builders’: How modern cities kill the dreams they promise their less-fortunate residents
The fictional Hrishipur in Oindrila Mukherjee’s novel feels real, complex, and exacting. Like all modern cities, and unhappy in its own, unsettling ways.
Saloni Sharma
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‘Azadi’: How a syncretic India can crumble away under the pressure of communal, nationalistic pride
First published in 1975, Chaman Nahal’s ‘Azadi’ won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.
Saloni Sharma
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‘Bantering with Bandits’: Annie Zaidi’s searing truths about Indian preoccupations and peculiarities
This book of essays creates a space where the personal and the political fuse to paint an often uncomfortable picture of our sociopolitical reality.
Saloni Sharma
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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‘Assassin’: Using demonetisation as a leitmotif, KR Meera’s novel examines the many flaws of India
Just like in the real world, unsettling questions have no easy answers in this novel, translated into English by J Devika.
Saloni Sharma
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‘Brotherless Night’: A powerful novel about waiting and resisting during Sri Lanka’s civil war
The title of VV Ganeshananthan’s novel refers to the long night when the protagonist’s eldest brother goes missing in the 1983 pogrom against Tamils.
Saloni Sharma
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‘My Poems Are Not For Your Ad Campaign’: Shining idealism versus hypocritical corporate culture
Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s Assamese novel also posits a solution to the existential crisis of the globalised world.
Saloni Sharma
The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals