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Ulka Anjaria
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Fifty years later, Shrilal Shukla’s ‘Raag Darbari’ is being reborn as modern Indian literature
The world is upside-down, provincialism has replaced cosmopolitanism, and exoticism is dead in today’s fiction. Just like in ‘Raag Darbari’.
Ulka Anjaria
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Will Arundhati Roy's new novel change the course of Indian writing in English again?
'The God of Small Things' sparked a whole new literature. What will 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' bring?
Ulka Anjaria
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‘Lady Lolita’s Lover’ shows us there can be no Great Indian Novel right now
Perhaps the new, emerging reality cannot be artistically represented in the traditional form of big fiction.
Ulka Anjaria
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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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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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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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Indian fiction: Why the English vs Bhasha debate no longer makes sense
A new idiom for contemporary English fiction makes a “bhasha” out of English.
Ulka Anjaria
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Amitav Ghosh and Aravind Adiga: two ways to write English in India
One represents the past and one, the future, of the use of the English language in Indian fiction.
Ulka Anjaria
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Reading Chetan Bhagat in Dhaka: the anxiety of English literature
Choosing what to read is playing a crucial role in the uneasy conflict between the mother-tongue and English.
Ulka Anjaria
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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