Literature
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Was Bhupathi from the novel that inspired ‘Charulata’ based on a prolific Sanskrit translator?
Bibek Debroy
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Weekend Quiz: Which medieval poet wrote ‘Sur Sagar’, a poem about Lord Krishna?
The Heritage Lab
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In the Shakespearean world, Hamlet is a ‘villain of genius’. Here’s why
Catherine Butler, The Conversation
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Why American poet Louise Glück was a ‘safe’ Nobel Prize winner for literature in 2020
Nikolai Duffy, The Conversation
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Reading the American Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück: Opening lines from nine poems
Scroll Staff
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How the pandemic has changed writing, creating, and community-building for children’s writers
Sayoni Basu
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How online literature festivals are demolishing the fantasy that authors are not like other mortals
Manjari Sahay
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Marquis de Sade: Depraved monster or misunderstood genius? It’s complicated
Alyce Mahon, The Conversation
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International Translation Day: Translated books that translators from Indian languages recommend
Scroll Staff
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JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist
Scroll Staff
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JCB Jury interview: ‘All these books are going to change conversations for better or worse’
Sana Goyal
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‘Triumph of satire at its most elemental’: Shashi Tharoor reviews Unni R’s ‘The Cock is the Culprit’
Shashi Tharoor
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The determination and resilience of the Lahore Literary Festival in the face of the pandemic
Razi Ahmed
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Pandemic tropes: How are disease and sickness treated in Assamese short stories?
Sangeeta Bhagawati Sneha Khaund
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Audiobooks may be just what readers needed during the pandemic. Will they change Indian publishing?
Yogesh Dashrath
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To understand the value of art and nature during a pandemic, we have to turn to Tolstoy and Tagore
Richard Herrett
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A reader’s guide to the ten books on the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 longlist
Suhasini Patni
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Writers Prajwal Parajuly, Manu Joseph longlisted for France’s Emile Guimet Prize 2020
Scroll Staff
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It appears that a moment of recognition for British Black writing has arrived. But has it really?
Malachi McIntosh, The Conversation
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More submissions, fewer readers? How India’s literary magazines are coping with the pandemic
Neha Bhatt