Literary Trends
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Instapoetry is successful and there’s nothing wrong with that
And yet, critics have discredited the subgenre for being lowbrow.
Rafael Mendes Silva, The Conversation
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Why Taylor Swift should be on English Literature courses
The interest in classes on Taylor Swift and literature is led not so much by an interest in Swift’s being taught, but in her being an ‘author’.
Clio Doyle, The Conversation
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‘Healing and coming together’: How a poet is encouraging writing of poetry by sharing prompts online
‘I hope the prompts remind people that reading poetry is not a rational process – it’s about loosening up and experiencing the poem’, said poet Joseph Fasano.
Rush Mukherjee
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Congress to decide Indian cricket team based on religion, claims PM Modi
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PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report
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Unfortunate and unacceptable: Congress sets distance from Sam Pitroda’s remarks on India’s diversity
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There is no such thing as a book from the ‘North East’. The literary establishment is blind to this
A single uniform identity for all the writing from the seven states in the region is not remotely authentic.
Chitra Ahanthem
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These are the 11 books in progress that the Rs 18-lakh New India Foundation fellowships will support
The books are meant to be works of non-fiction that throw light on an aspect of post-1947 India.
Scroll Staff
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It appears that a moment of recognition for British Black writing has arrived. But has it really?
Like their forebears in the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and early 2000s, are there only certain stories Black writers are allowed to tell?
Malachi McIntosh, The Conversation
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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How the popularity of veganism might change the language used in fiction
As more and more people frown upon the killing of animals for food, will meat-based metaphors be getting the chop?
Shareena Z Hamzah, The Conversation
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Interview: Can the famed ‘little magazine’ culture of Bengali literature thrive in the digital age?
A conversation with literary evangelist Susnato Chowdhury, a committed believer in publishing groundbreaking and experimental literature in magazines.
Chandrima Pal
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A century after his death, a Japanese literary giant is returning as an android
The centenary of Natsume Soseki’s death this year is being marked by numerous events, not least his resurrection in robotic form.
Philip Seargeant, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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Are India's English writers getting better at writing in Indian?
New ways of using dialogue and the first person voice are finally making English an Indian language.
Arunava Sinha
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And the winner of the (medieval) Bad Sex in Fiction award is ...
The Anglo-Saxons can teach us plenty about sex and the labels we assign to ourselves today.
David Clark, The Conversation