Literature
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A dastangoi tells the story of the Pakistani author Intizar Husain
Mahmood Farooqui
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A century after his death, a Japanese literary giant is returning as an android
Philip Seargeant, The Conversation
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Italian author wins Bad Sex Award for genital ballet. But when is written sex ever any good?
Zoe Strimpel, The Conversation
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Here is a new way to read Elena Ferrante: Try walking through Naples
Veena Muthuraman
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We translated the Marquis de Sade’s most obscene work. Here’s what we learnt about vulgarities
Will McMorran, The Conversation
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As Man Booker winner Paul Beatty is about to find out, literary celebrity changes everything
Rebecca Braun, The Conversation
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Why we need a new, truly global, prize for world literature
Mahmud Rahman
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Sorry, people, but it was for poetry and not lyrics that Tagore won the Nobel
Anuradha Sharma
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Three writers who didn't win the Nobel Prize this year (but should, soon)
Scroll Staff
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Bob Dylan is not the first songwriter to win the Nobel – Rabindranath Tagore is, note Twitter users
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Watch: Some people laughed at Bob Dylan (at least, before he won the Nobel Prize)
Scroll Staff
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Amit Chaudhuri’s creative writing workshop in India is back
Scroll Staff
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Yes, you really can judge a book by its cover
Michael John Goodman, The Conversation
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Pakistani writers are expected to represent their country – and maybe they don't have a choice
Mushtaq Bilal
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Why an investigative journalist felt compelled to 'out' Elena Ferrante (and what she can do now)
Carlo Pizzati
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Why Sri Lankan-American writer Hasanthika Sirisena is an outsider and likes it that way
Smriti Daniel
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International Translation Day: Why I read Tagore in translation (and why I translate)
Somrita Urni Ganguly
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Shakespeare in India: How Indians saw and read the Bard a hundred years back
Hedley Sutton Karen Waddell
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Emirates crash and the expat experience: 'Thanks for showing the other side of the story'
Scroll
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Three Indian scholars who have transformed literary theory in the West
Soni Wadhwa