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International Booker shortlist: Wives cry tears of blood in ‘The Witch’
Sayari Debnath
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By sidelining French, CBSE undermines a living bridge between worlds in Pondicherry
Ari Gautier
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Sunday book pick: An untameable pain in Niege Sinno’s memoir of childhood sexual abuse, ‘Sad Tiger’
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: In ‘The Cat’, a newly-married elderly couple takes an abiding vow of hatred
Sayari Debnath
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Memoir: A Rohingya poet-activist’s life is shaped by his resistance to the genocide of his people
Mayyu Ali Emilie Lopes Siba Barakataki
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Indian history: When Maratha general Murarirao Ghorpade defended Robert Clive against the French
Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta Indrajeet Ghorpade
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‘The Use of Photography’ by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie: A material representation of lovemaking
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Small Boat’, no one is at fault when 27 migrants drown in international waters
Sayari Debnath
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Shortlisted for 2025 International Booker Prize: An excerpt from ‘Small Boat’ by Vincent Delecroix
Vincent Delecroix Helen Stevenson
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Sunday book pick: A security guard’s front-row view of the consumerism mania in ‘Standing Heavy’
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: Ari Gautier’s ‘The Thinnai’ is a rambunctious novel about Pondicherry’s ‘natives’
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: The sex lives of Iranian housewives in Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Embroideries’
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Inseparables’: Simone de Beauvoir’s novella speaks of the crushing weight borne by women
Kshipra Hada
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‘Nocturne Pondicherry’: In these translated short stories, night is an enabler and invader
Rahul Vishnoi
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Sunday book pick: The horrifying effects of the failure of language in ‘A Cage in Search of a Bird’
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Thirst’, Jesus is god’s son, a miracle worker, and a man who was killed
Sayari Debnath
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Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone De Beauvoir, translated by Monica Singh
Simone De Beauvoir Monica Singh
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Translated short fiction: Quick journeys from mundane situations to the darkness within people
Ari Gautier Roopam Singh
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An Indian author listens to literary ghosts in Paris as the French edition of her book is released
Ruchira Gupta
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Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee’s Bengali translation of ‘Staliner Divan’ wins Romain Rolland Book Prize
Scroll Staff