Language Of Literature
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‘What’s the story?’: Writer Sara Suleri’s student discovers his teacher afresh in her memoir
‘Immediately, I am struck by her sour wordplay, the gleeful piss-taking, a cagey indirection. An exuberant voice absent in our seminar vibrates from the page.’
Ajay Gandhi
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How the English department of Aligarh Muslim University nurtured contemporary Urdu literature
Urdu writers and literary critics at the university have contributed in their own meaningful ways to keep the Persio-Urdu literary culture alive.
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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How the politics and language of ‘coming out’ in the LGBTQ community have evolved over the centuries
It began with the need for community, gradually transforming into a radical, political movement.
Abigail C Saguy, The Conversation
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From the East to the West, how much is lost (and found) in translation?
Is translation really the act of ‘chewing a bite already chewed by someone else’ – or is there more to it?
Humair Ishtiaq, Dawn.com
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A case for the apostrophe, the punctuation mark that is polarising the literary world
The Apostrophe Protection Society was set up to preserve the correct use of the punctuation mark.
Roslyn Petelin, The Conversation
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Slaying the Snark: What Lewis Carroll’s nonsense verse tells us about reality
His nonsense poem, ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ may be a puzzling read but it was a concerted attack on realism by the English writer.
Nina Lyon, Aeon
Video
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Lok Sabha 2024: Decoding the mandate
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Video: Democracy, representation and Indian Muslims
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Watch: US police wrestle cricket fan to the ground after pitch invasion to meet Rohit Sharma
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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Eco India, Episode 262: What are some great ways of knowing your greens
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Did Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking ‘Things Fall Apart’ subvert colonial structures – or uphold them?
It was a pivotal moment in modern African writing but did Achebe’s use of English help transcend national boundaries or was it ‘colonisation of the mind’?
Sarah Jilani, The Conversation
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How a linguistics teacher created an entire anarchist language inspired by Ursula K le Guin
The iconic science fiction writer left clues to the Pravic language in her novel, ‘The Dispossessed’.
Martin Edwardes, The Conversation
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What does ‘Orwellian’ (also ‘Dickensian’ and ‘Kafkaesque’) mean, anyway?
It all began, as one might have expected, with ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’.
Nick Bentley, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘If AI takes over, we are finished’: How Indian voice artists are facing the tech challenge
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Watch: In ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’, the tennis giant bids farewell to the sport
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer: Eddie and his wisecracking symbiote are on the run
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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So you’re a reader, but do you know what these words really mean?
A 'cloud' was once a hill, and a 'girl' was a child of either sex.
Debika Lahiri
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Text. Texture. Textile. What words about writing really mean
The etymology of “author” points to someone who invents things or makes things grow.
Debika Lahiri