Meet The Writer
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‘I had a gut feeling 2014 was a pivot’: Novelist Devika Rege, author of ‘Quarterlife’
‘There was material from earlier work that fed into it, and events in the time afterwards that clarified the ways in which 2014 was pregnant with 2019, 2024.’
AN Phiroze
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‘One of the great 20th Century experiments’: Historian Nikhil Menon on India’s central plans
An interview with the author of ‘Planning Democracy: How a Professor, an Institute and an Idea Shaped India.’
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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‘Death was a constant motif in his music’: Jupinderjit Singh, author of ‘Who Killed Moosewala?’
‘Moosewala’s murder could have been prevented had the system intervened’, said Singh. Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was killed on May 29, 2022. He was 29.
Saurabh Sharma
Trending
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Ahead of Modi’s birthday, Gujarat dam delayed water release – despite heavy rain and official alerts
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Watch: Several areas in Nagpur, Maharashtra flooded after heavy rain, rescue operations underway
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Asian Games 2022: With its largest contingent, India aim for biggest medal tally in Hangzhou
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‘Labouring Lives’: A well-researched account of labourers in unorganised sectors and their struggles
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‘In my novel, caste is the co-protagonist’: Ujjal Dosanjh, author of ‘The Past is Never Dead’
‘So far there seems to be nothing other than a bare-knuckle nonviolent fight against caste.’
Sayari Debnath
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‘I’d prefer a just world where my novels have no relevance beyond questions of art’: Siddhartha Deb
‘I’m drawn to vulnerable, marginal characters,’ says the author of ‘The Light at the End of the World’.
Amrita Dutta
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‘Human artists should create art that has only sparsely existed before’: Writer Karan Madhok
‘I think if one’s work is original enough – and resists being derivative as much as possible – then there is no need to fear AI-based software.’
Saurabh Sharma
Video
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‘It was my wife until Rafael Nadal showed up’: Roger Federer on his favourite doubles partner
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Eco India, Episode 239: Ecosystems are under threat from growing human activity. Can we fix this?
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MotoGP Bharat 2023: Rider has narrow escape as bike skids, catches fire during race in Greater Noida
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Watch: Several areas in Nagpur, Maharashtra flooded after heavy rain, rescue operations underway
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Watch: Singer Justin Timberlake and his NSYNC bandmates get together to recreate old photograph
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‘I can’t write about anything else except Pondicherry’: Ari Gautier, author of ‘The Thinnai’
‘I wanted to move away from the exotica narrative of colonial writings to bring something new, something fresh through the Franco-Pondicherrian perspective.’
Astri Ghosh
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‘We’re not equipping young people with the evolved skills needed for new jobs’: Avik Chanda
‘We’re still woefully inadequate in inculcating behavioural or human-centric skills,’ says the co-author of ‘Work 3.0’.
Tirthankar Roy & Krishnan Srinivasan
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‘Pakistan’s erasure of the 1971 Liberation War from conversations is dangerous’: Author Aamina Ahmad
‘Nations often don’t want to confront troubling histories but it strikes me as imperative that we do.’
Sayari Debnath
The Reel
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Watch: Marathi series ‘Shantit Kranti’ gets a second season
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‘Kumari Srimathi’ trailer: In Nithya Menen-led Telugu show, a woman stakes claim to her inheritance
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‘The Great Indian Family’ review: Well-meaning but simplistic
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‘Sultan Of Delhi’ trailer: Tahir Raj Bhasin leads series about ambition in 1960s India
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Reel vs real: When undercover agents act against India’s enemies abroad
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‘I don’t think we should write stories being fearful of how they will be received’: Nilanjana S Roy
‘I find it baffling when people look away – whether they are looking away from stray dogs or the kind of lives children have. Where did we learn to look away?’
Sharmistha Jha
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‘As a writer I’m apolitical and spiritually free. That is how I’d like to retain myself’: Jeyamohan
‘I believe a writer should never take a single political or ideological stand. If a writer takes a political stand for any reason, it will corrupt his ethics.’
Priyamvada Ramkumar & Suchitra Ramachandran
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‘The challenge was to produce a language, not just use what is accepted as correct’: Sundar Sarukkai
‘So did I write the novel to make philosophy more accessible? No. That was not the reason at all.’
Sanchit Toor
The Field
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India MotoGP: Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin wins first-ever sprint race in Noida
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In pictures: Asian Games declared open after colourful ceremony at Hangzhou
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Watch, Asian Games: Harmanpreet Singh, Lovlina Borgohain lead Indian contingent in opening ceremony
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ICC Men’s Rankings: India achieve No 1 spot across all three formats
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Asian Games, Table Tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Harmeet Desai lead India to team events knockouts