Write Stuff
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Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
Amber Gwynne, The Conversation
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Lamenting the lost art of letter-writing: A radical art form showing ‘the full catastrophe of life’
Gen X-ers occupy a distinctly precious cultural position – straddling the analogue past of letter writing and the hyper-digital present of TikTok and Instagram.
Edwina Preston, The Conversation
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How to understand your grief through writing (even during the festive season)
‘It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish.’
Catherine Cole, The Conversation
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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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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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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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How a squeeze on living and writing spaces in Delhi is thwarting aspiring fiction writers
In search of coffee shops and affordable housing.
Ipshita Nath
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Indian languages were being neglected even in the world of fonts. Not anymore
Dozens of type designers and collectives are concertedly creating fonts for Indian languages to address a deep disparity.
Prachi Sibal
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A Marathi power loom worker’s poems, written to the sound of machines, have been winning awards
Mohammad Naikavadi has won much acclaim in his native Maharashtra, but he yearns for more readers.
Sanket Jain
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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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How JK Rowling uses the social web to keep the magic of Harry Potter alive
The world famous author has found a novel way to keep casting spells over her audience of Potter-mad muggles.
Catherine Butler, The Conversation
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The brilliance of Salim-Javed lies not just in what they said, but how they said it
The legendary writing partners will be honoured for their contributions to popular Hindi cinema at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Festival.
Gautam Chintamani