books
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Is science fiction an instrument of escapism or a mirror to our realities?
Gavin Miller, The Conversation
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Have we outgrown the shock value of using the F-word on book covers?
Donna Mazza, The Conversation
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This illustrated storybook shows children how to talk about sexual abuse
Malavika Neurekar
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From ancient Rome to the 21st century, books have always been the perfect Christmas gift
Leah Henrickson, The Conversation
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Writers’ groups in Africa are disrupting the system and reshaping the region’s literary canon
Doseline Kiguru, The Conversation
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Indian children’s books are speaking fearlessly. Withdrawing in face of criticism is not the answer
Sudeshna Shome Ghosh
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Writers from Pakistan are suffering because their country has stopped the import of books from India
Irfan Islam, Dawn
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Children’s books are still too white. Who will change this? Answer: Everyone concerned
Karen Sands-OConnor, The Conversation
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‘How I inherited scholar Meera Kosambi’s books through several degrees of separation and intimacy’
Kedar A Kulkarni
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‘I will never walk away’: Wrestler John Cena talks about his future with the WWE
Scroll Staff
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Delhi’s Daryaganj book bazaar has a new, sanitised home, which has benefits as well as drawbacks
Kanupriya Dhingra
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These are the books we are reading this week (and will not stop till done). What are you reading?
Scroll Staff
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Suraj Yengde’s new book unapologetically calls out the caste elephant in every room in modern India
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Here are five newly-released books we are reading right now. Tell us what you are reading
Scroll Staff
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Reading to your children for just 15 minutes every day could help mould them into better readers
Kindel Turner Nash, The Conversation
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If reading ‘War and Peace’ is illegal, which other books should we not be reading?
Scroll Staff
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Delhi’s Daryaganj second hand books market: Going, going... but not quite gone yet?
Kanupriya Dhingra
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Watch: Hilarious hacks on how to get longlisted for a literary prize in India
Scroll Staff
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Never mind the 3D printers and laptops, libraries everywhere are still about books and reading
Paulette Rothbauer, The Conversation
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Will Delhi soon have a Daryaganj-used-books-market-shaped hole?
Kanupriya Dhingra