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Diya Isha
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‘Writers in Kerala are cultural icons’: Editor AJ Thomas on the legacy of the Malayalam short story
An interview with the translator and editor of ‘The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told’.
Diya Isha
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‘I am not a linear writer. If it’s a 300-page novel, I am not writing it sequentially’: Benyamin
An interview with the 2009 Kerala Sahitya Akademi and 2018 JCB Prize for Literature winner Benyamin.
Diya Isha
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‘A new imagination of social justice is emerging in modern Malayali fiction’: Translator J Devika
‘Literature is also a space where institutionalised, revolutionary discourse is criticised.’
Diya Isha
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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‘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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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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How Kerala’s Kozhikode became India’s first UNESCO City of Literature
The team responsible for earning the tag for the city explain how they did it.
Diya Isha
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‘Feeling Kerala’: These Malayalam stories curated-translated by J Devika redefine literary Kerala
The anthology is described as a ‘tour’, suggesting there are planned itinerary with scheduled stops or activities – and J Devika’s translation does just that.
Diya Isha
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‘I Named My Sister Silence’: The horrors of humans’ capability for destruction persist after the end
Published in Hindi as ‘Kaale Adhyaay’, the book gets a different title – and a moving core – in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s translation.
Diya Isha
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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‘Unspoken’: A fictionalised examination of the moral framework of what infidelity might mean
Do not expect a maxim from Sharmistha Gooptu’s novel.
Diya Isha
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‘Marquez, EMS, Gulam and Others’: Benyamin’s short stories breathe new life into the medium
Swarup BR’s translation captures Benyamin’s characterisation, rather than simply his language.
Isa Ayidh
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‘The Alice Project’ scours millennial life like most books of the genre. And that isn’t a bad thing
The novel resonates with Sally Rooney’s writing by reflecting the societal norms, values, and beliefs of the Indian millennial.
Isa Ayidh
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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‘The Body by the Shore’: Tabish Khair’s new novel tries hard to blend sci-fi with literary fiction
A fascinating storyline is interrupted by ‘cerebral’ writing.
Isa Ayidh
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‘Valli’: Sheela Tomy’s novel set in a Kerala forest is a universal study of human savagery
Jayasree Kalathil’s English translation of Sheela Tomy’s debut novel in Malayalam even gives it the feel of a new original work.
Isa Ayidh
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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.
Isa Ayidh
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