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‘Beguiled’: This novel about a marriage swindler tries to cash in on its elements of truth
But Ruchika Soi’s storytelling undercuts the plot of the novel.
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‘Sin’: Even ‘semi-erotic’ may be a misnomer for Wajida Tabassum’s collection of short stories
Translated from the Urdu, these stories delve into the sexual behaviour of men and women from old-world Hyderabad, but appear dated.
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This ‘crime thriller’ is in fact an investigation of the pressure on women to adhere to social norms
Madhumita Bhattacharyya’s tautly written ‘Dirty Women’ asks why it matters what people think of a woman.
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Trending
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British businessman wins defamation case against Republic Bharat for calling him an ISI ‘stooge’
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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‘Will facts make India the vishwaguru?’: Comedian satirises anchor Anjana Om Kashyap’s show
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‘I hang my head in shame,’ says Kapil Sibal on the state of judiciary
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Watch: Three siblings from Kerala go viral for their cover version of Coke Studio hit ‘Pasoori’
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Zain Saeed’s debut novel asks if the American brand of freedom can mean release for some Pakistanis
In ‘Little America’, the narrator builds an unreal world in Karachi – and goes to jail for it.
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Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ uncovers confessions from ageing millennials
Rooney’s latest isn’t relatable like a meme your friends forward to your WhatsApp group – it’s universal like sex.
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In Anita Agnihotri’s ‘Mahanadi’, fiction is interrupted by facts to create a braided narrative
But this approach does not always work for the reader.
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Video
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‘What a difference in society between then and now’: 50th anniversary of London’s Pride parade
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‘Will facts make India the vishwaguru?’: Comedian satirises anchor Anjana Om Kashyap’s show
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‘The art of hating has been cultivated with extraordinary skill’: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen
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Mumbai: Protests erupt against new state government’s decision to move metro car shed back to Aarey
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Watch: Municipal council office in Bhatkal, Karnataka removes Urdu sign from its board
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‘Padmini of Malwa’ blurs the line between fiction and history. What does this mean for storytelling?
Priyadarshi Thakur uses the dictated autobiography as a means of writing a novel about Queen Ruupmati.
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Shivani Sibal’s debut novel neatly slices open class equations within Delhi’s power elite
The telling of this story is as effective as the story itself.
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‘The Begum and the Dastan’: A novel that shows how to write history without condoning it
Tarana Husain Khan doesn’t write women only as damsels in distress, she writes them as women who challenge.
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The Reel
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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‘Meme Boys’ trailer: Students take on their college management
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‘Rocketry – The Nambi Effect’ review: An important story of persecution that’s badly told
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‘Rashtra Kavach Om’ review: Low on action and even lower in brains
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A clever device – a narrator who is losing her memory – ignites this novel of the modern family
Meera Rajagopalan’s debut novel tells the story of an unexpected character, minus the Indian stereotype.
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Anubha Yadav’s debut novel lays bare middle-class Indian masculinity, especially for men who deny it
‘The Anger of Saintly Men’ is a ruthless novel about the male perspective written by a woman.
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The peacock dances and then sheds its feathers. This novel links the plumage to publishing
Siddharth Chowdhury’s new novel, ‘The Time of the Peacock’, travels with writers and publishers.
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The Field
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FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup, India vs England live: Level at 1-1 at halftime
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Roger Federer returns to Wimbledon for Centre Court centenary – ‘Hope to come back one more time’
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Watch: Ravi Shastri on Rahul Dravid’s appointment as coach, India’s fast bowling stocks, and more
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Watch, Centre Court centenary replay: Roger Federer walks out to a load roar, champions assemble
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Watch: Jasprit Bumrah takes a spectacular catch to dismiss Ben Stokes at Edgbaston