books
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Why those who revel in India’s literary traditions should celebrate Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Nabina Das
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'And every one of them words rang true': How a teacher in Mumbai weaves Bob Dylan into her classes
Bubla Basu
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Exit Nobel Laureate Dario Fo (1926-2016), whose plays upset as many people as they delighted
Anu Majumdar
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Philip Roth: The American writer who shouldn’t need the Nobel to be read the world over
Saikat Majumdar
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Even without the Nobel, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writing of resistance is memorable
Devapriya Roy
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Three writers who didn't win the Nobel Prize this year (but should, soon)
Scroll Staff
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Uphaar tragedy: What happened when the Ansals were sent to jail
Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy
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Scoop: Bob Dylan's acceptance song for the Nobel Prize for Literature (not really)
Shovon Chowdhury
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Would going to Mount Kailash be worth the journey? Here’s what I found
Arundhathi Subramaniam
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The Elena Ferrante story was played out over a century ago by the Brontë sisters, who wrote as men
Erin Nyborg, The Conversation
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How Durga Puja made reading cool to entire generations
Devapriya Roy
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These short films bring to life writer Abeer Y Hoque’s tales of diaspora, loss and longing
Scroll Staff
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How the politics of protest uses poetry as one of its strongest voices
Nabina Das
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Waiting to have a child, or not. This could be anyone’s story.
Anu Kumar
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What Durga Puja means to the middle-class Calcutta housing estate
Devapriya Roy
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Why writers from Pakistan are looking to publish in India
Arunima Mazumdar
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The new Ramayana for children is entirely sweet, and the sour is missing
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Why ‘Angaaray’ was banned (and what it could teach an Indian author about writing of women and sex)
Satyavrat KK
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Will this novel win the Man Booker Prize? Madeleine Thien’s story shows why memories outlive history
Anu Kumar
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Good news: John le Carré’s 'memoir' is a set of short stories. Bad news: they could be his last
Anvar Alikhan