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Rheea Mukherjee
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Dialogue: In the age of social media, how do writers avoid becoming hustlers?
Two writers discuss how to remain authentically engaged with the world without being overtaken by the compulsion to market their work on their social networks.
Rheea Mukherjee & Manjiri Indurkar
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‘Do not use most of your research’: How novelist Nayomi Munaweera ensures she doesn’t bore readers
An interview with the Sri Lankan-American writer whose novels set in the civil war in her country have opened a new world to many readers.
Rheea Mukherjee
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These essays reveal a writer who has turned her third world origin into a source of power
Sayantani Dasgupta’s ‘Fire Girl’ renegotiates the burdens of globalised Indian writers.
Rheea Mukherjee
Trending
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Rafale: Yashwant Sinha, Shourie, Bhushan seek perjury proceedings against government officials
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From old videos to doctored photos, a barrage of fake news floods social media after Pulwama attack
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West Bengal: LIC suspends employee for Facebook post on Pulwama attack
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National Herald: Delhi HC reserves verdict on publishers’ plea against order to vacate premises
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Chess: For 14-year-old Grandmaster Nihal Sarin, focus now shifts to taking on the world’s best
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How to write for global readers in an Indian accent
The everyday truths that dictate stories from India often appear wildly exotic to the world
Rheea Mukherjee
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We must re-read the essay that reminds us of the time India’s political leaders encouraged debate
Ramachandra Guha wrote about the engaged opposition between Jayaprakash Narayan and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Post Bangalore, it’s time to read Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ once again
Because even in the India of 2017, women are defined by the male perception.
Rheea Mukherjee
Video
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Your Morning Fix: Top JeM commander killed in encounter, Saudi-Pakistan sign $20-billion worth deals
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Watch: This artist makes unique sculptures with not stone or metal but paper
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Watch: Comedian Hasan Minhaj attacks internet censorship in China and Saudi Arabia with his jokes
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‘Instead of names, we are given numbers’: Abdul Aziz Muhamat wins international human rights award
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Your Morning Fix: India seeks to isolate Pakistan, CRPF warning on fake posts inciting hate & more
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What is a writer to do with freedom? (Or, lessons from Albert Camus)
Many writers are unhappy, angry and disillusioned with the way the world is turning out. But this is an opportunity.
Rheea Mukherjee
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How the Seemanchal Literary Festival drew me out of my happy bubble, a first for a litfest
Notes from an English-Indian writer fumbling and learning in Kishanganj, Bihar.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Why has Aatish Taseer written a children’s story about his Green Card?
The author harks back to the era when the US was the Promised Land for South Asians.
Rheea Mukherjee
The Reel
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Narendra Modi biopic: Prashant Narayanan cast as villainous ‘biggest business tycoon’
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Oscar-nominated ‘The Favourite’ to be released in India in March
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‘Photograph’ trailer: Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra make an unusual couple
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Amazon Prime Video announces web series ‘Bandish Bandits’ with music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
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Box office: ‘Gully Boy’ opening weekend haul is over Rs 70 crore
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Why self-publishing is not the best future you can give your book
There are good reasons to publish your book the old-fashioned away, even if it tests your patience and fortitude.
Rheea Mukherjee
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A comedian’s gay erotic novel starring Donald Trump is firing everyone’s imagination
Elijah Daniel crowdsourced ideas from Twitter and wrote the novella in 24 hours flat.
Rheea Mukherjee
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Here’s the formula for the future of the book: Become a TV discussion
Depth, nuance, and complexity must give way to loud arguments and fodder for tweets if books are to find readers.
Rheea Mukherjee
The Field
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Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Spain to face former derby rivals Atletico Madrid
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‘It’s nothing personal’: Jurgen Klopp plays down old rivalry with Bayern Munich
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Pro Volleyball League: U Mumba defeat Ahmedabad Defenders 4-1, qualify for play-offs
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I-League: Late strikes from Pedro hands Chennai City five-point lead over East Bengal
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Football: I-League clubs write to AIFF chief calling for transparency over proposed re-structuring