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Debika Lahiri
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Would you have read ‘The Great Gatsby’ if it was titled ‘The High-Bouncing Lover’?
Naming a book can be as difficult, as agonising, as writing the novel.
Debika Lahiri
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A book about birds that’s really the story of vanishing beauty
Continuing our series of readers’ choices of books that have moved them.
Debika Lahiri
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So you’re a reader, but do you know what these words really mean?
A 'cloud' was once a hill, and a 'girl' was a child of either sex.
Debika Lahiri
Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Text. Texture. Textile. What words about writing really mean
The etymology of “author” points to someone who invents things or makes things grow.
Debika Lahiri
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Is this the best last line (almost) of a book? 'The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.'
Introducing a series on readers’ choices of books that have moved them.
Debika Lahiri
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Last lines: How to end your novel
The final instalment in our series on writing lessons from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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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Building your characters: how to get to the heart of fiction
Continuing our series on writing techniques from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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Making a beginning: the seeds of a story
Continuing our series: how and where to begin, with lessons from the masters.
Debika Lahiri
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How do the best writers put a voice into their stories?
Continuing our series: extracting lessons on how to write from the works of the masters.
Debika Lahiri
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer