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‘A Suitable Boy’: Meet the characters in Vikram Seth’s novel whom you will see on the show
A quick guide to the women and men whom viewers will encounter on Mira Nair’s adaptation of the novel for the BBC.
Devapriya Roy
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What can happen when old friends and lovers from college reunite two decades later? Ask this novel
Introducing the flaneur/filmmaker from Devapriya Roy’s novel ‘Friends From College’, in which lapsed relationships get a fresh chance.
Devapriya Roy
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In her new novel, poet Tishani Doshi builds a miniature world that looks like a feminist utopia
Crafted in a quiet, first-person narrative, Tishani Doshi’s ‘Small Days and Nights’ examines the possibility of inventing a new kind of existence.
Devapriya Roy
Trending
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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In the poetry of Amir Khusrau, food is served with style and flourish
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A celebrity fitness instructor offers five rules of fitness for everyone
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Women’s Day: Eight books that talk of being a woman in India, circa 2019
They have nothing in common besides the authenticity of their voices.
Devapriya Roy
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Nayantara Sahgal on #MeToo: ‘In a democracy, no citizen is guilty because someone said so’
The writer explains why she has decided not to accept invitations to literary festivals that have placed a blanket ban on men named by the movement.
Devapriya Roy
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A graphic novel recreates how a young Priyanka Gandhi viewed her Prime Minister grandmother Indira
The last chapter of Devapriya Roy and Priya Kurien’s ‘Indira’ pictures Priyanka Gandhi’s perspective.
Devapriya Roy & Priya Kuriyan
Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Two courageous women: Namita Gokhale talks about her new books on Radha and Ra’ana Liaqat Ali
An interview with the author and editor who is also the co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Devapriya Roy
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How the World Book Fair brought up a writer’s memories (and the desire for Toni Morrison’s books)
As a writer looks back to 2006, a photo tour of the World Book Fair 2019 in Delhi shows us what the latest version looks like.
Devapriya Roy & Sambit Dattachaudhuri
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Neelesh Misra’s universe of rural imagination does not travel well from radio to a book
They were wonderful to listen to, but the stories written by Misra’s ‘mandali’ lose their charm on the page and in translation.
Devapriya Roy
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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Being young and very rich in urban Pakistan can be heartbreaking too, shows this debut novel
More than individual lives, it’s Lahore and its urbane society that star in Nadia Akbar’s ‘Goodbye Freddie Mercury’.
Devapriya Roy
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There’s much more to Reham Khan’s memoir than Imran Khan’s scandals
But the writer is a little too intent on destroying her famous ex-husband.
Devapriya Roy
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Writer’s choice: Ngugi wa Thiong’o recommends seven novels from Africa that you must read
When you need to look beyond Chinua Achebe and Naguib Mahfouz.
Devapriya Roy
The Field
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet
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