Literary Culture
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How Kerala’s Kozhikode became India’s first UNESCO City of Literature
The team responsible for earning the tag for the city explain how they did it.
Diya Isha
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Opinion: Can Indian systems of thought be assimilated into the universal canons of literature?
We also need to ask if all non-European, cultural paradigms were similarly marginalised by European critical establishment.
Mridula Garg
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‘He experimented with Kannada theatre like no one else’: A podcast series remembers Girish Karnad
Writers Arshia Sattar – the podcast host – and Vivek Shanbhag – the podcast guest – on the BIC Talks’ series, ‘The River Has No Fear of Memories’.
Sayari Debnath
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Writing Pondicherry: Writers Ari Gautier and Ananya Jahanara Kabir in conversation
Gautier talks about his novel Le thinnai / The Thinnai and story collection Nocturne Pondichéry to Kabir, who is an academic.
Ari Gautier & Ananya Jahanara Kabir
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What Gurdial Singh’s fiction reveals about the social and cultural roots of the farmers’ protest
Or, how the ‘anakh’ or pride of the ‘unhoye’ or non-being is fuelling the fightback against the farm laws.
Madhav Nayar
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‘We have an assembly line approach to writing about books’: Anjum Hasan on literary criticism
How does a writer approach the art of reviewing books? An interview with an author who was also a literary editor.
Arunava Sinha
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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In Tamil Nadu, a book donation drive is underway to restock a Sri Lanka library set afire in 1981
The state government is collecting books in the Tamil language for the new Jaffna Public Library, a symbol of Sri Lanka’s Tamil cultural identity.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Friend, guide, editor, critic: The booming business of literary agents in India
Literary agents have already started making giant strides, their turnovers surpassing those of highly reputed medium-sized publishing houses.
Kanishka Gupta
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A seven-point manifesto for the Indian literary magazine
Online or offline, literary magazines can bring new and under-discovered writers to readers in ways books can’t.
Rheea Mukherjee
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic