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Sumana Roy
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‘The New Provincials’: A story from Sumana Roy’s new book of short fiction, ‘My Mother’s Lover’
The novelist, poet and non-fiction writer has just published her first collection of short stories.
Sumana Roy
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How have animals marked Indian literature? Here is an anthology of stories that seeks answers
Do humans have a subconscious desire to experience animal life as though they are not animals in the first place?
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‘Out of Syllabus’: Three poems from Sumana Roy’s dazzling debut collection
In these selections from her first poetry collection, the novelist and memoirist writes of desire, sadness and the violence faced by a woman in India.
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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How the Modi government has weaponised the ED to go after India’s Opposition
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‘You are immortalised in our hearts’: A cellmate’s letter to Stan Swamy on his death anniversary
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Muslim eatery owner arrested in UP for packing meat dishes in newspaper with images of Hindu deities
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What happens when a wife goes missing? Sumana Roy’s debut novel is the study of a modern marriage
In ‘Missing’, the poet and memoirist presents a fictional reflection of contemporary politics and culture through an age-old question.
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The poet as architect: How poems are designed and constructed to convey the sense of space
The first in a series of workshops on learning the craft of poetry from the works of fine poets.
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How can Shakespeare’s ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ be a love poem in blazing hot India?
An environmentally aware reading of the sonnet during a cruel Indian summer leads to odd results. But hilarity is assured.
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Video
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‘Market price is very high’: Inflation in Pakistan pushes up prices for sacrificial cattle this Eid
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Caught on camera: Black balloons released near PM Modi’s helicopter in Andhra Pradesh
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Watch: Rapper Drake joins Backstreet Boys to perform ‘I Want It That Way’ at Toronto concert
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Watch: Eco-activists glue themselves to frame of painting at National Gallery in London
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Watch: Man laid off from job builds outdoor resort for birds to eat, play, and drink water
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Why a writer, poet and teacher wanted to turn into a tree
An excerpt from an unusual memoir. Note: This is not a work of magical realism.
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Remaking the nation: Why India should be renamed Undia
Something or the other is reversed every day: a new law tries to undo an older one, which gives way to another. This new ethic of whimsicality is the norm.
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Poetry that reminds us of the all too human – and animal – needs of our gods
A new translation of a classic brilliantly conveys both the bodily desire and the spiritual longing.
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The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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‘Go To Pakistan’. Or, how a modern proverb is born.
'You want your generation’s proverb to be victorious, as if wisdom were a bestselling category.'
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One hundred years of no solitude: ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ lives on in India
Published in June 1915 and arguably the best-known work of modern poetry in the world, T.S. Eliot’s poem is alive and well.
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A novel about leaving home that you cannot leave home without
There may not be a more delightful character than Prasanti, the eunuch, in recent Indian fiction in English.
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The Field
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Watch, Wimbledon 2022: Djokovic comes back from two sets down against Sinner, credits ‘inner fight’
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World Test Championship: India docked two points after Edgbaston test, slip below Pakistan
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FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup, India vs China as it happened: India held to a 1-1 draw
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Malaysia Masters Super 500: Malvika Bansod, women’s doubles pairs bow out on a tough day for Indians
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Watch: Edgbaston Test Day 5 highlights and Bumrah's post-match reaction as England level series