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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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
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Spain denies permission to Israel-bound ship carrying explosives from India to dock at its port
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Will Indian schools ever be ready to give students sex education?
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Constitution, cows, rations: Why Dalits in UP want to vote out the BJP
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Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
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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: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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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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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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‘Kartam Bhugtam’ review: Lots of sowing but little reaping
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‘Baahubali: Crown of Blood’ review: More of the same, only in animation
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‘IF’ review: Film about ‘imaginary friends’ is low on imagination