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Jeet Thayil
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‘How to Be a Leaf’: A poem by Jeet Thayil
‘Worship women and trees.’
Jeet Thayil
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‘My kind of ideas are practical ideas. There is nothing ideological about them’: Poet Vijay Seshadri
‘In the macroscopic world of poetry, poets are still dealing with the issue of vocalisation and whether they like it not, they are committed to natural speech.’
Jeet Thayil & John Wilkinson
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World Poetry Day: A new anthology of Indian poets writing in English is on its way
‘The book developed an end-of-the-world climate all its own,’ writes editor Jeet Thayil in his preface to ‘The Penguin Book of Indian Poets’.
Jeet Thayil
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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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With ‘Low’, Jeet Thayil returns to novelising the most searing experiences in his own life
An excerpt from the poet and writer’s third novel.
Jeet Thayil
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Jeet Thayil’s new novel is fiction on the life of a painter-poet. Here, he paints Indira Gandhi
The Man Booker shortlisted writer’s second novel has just been published.
Jeet Thayil
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'Malayalam’s ghazal': A poem by Jeet Thayil
'He says there’s no word for “despair” in Malayalam.'
Jeet Thayil
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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