Ideas In Literature
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Our interest in imagining future worlds is dying, says sci-fi author William Gibson
People were gripped with ‘postalgia’ in the 20th century. This is no longer true today.
Andre Spicer, The Conversation
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Can these great writers and thinkers help us understand the current political mess around the world?
The world has not gone mad. It has in fact always been mad.
Michael Hauskeller, The Conversation
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#MeToo: How can literature (and publishers) respond to the problems of gender and power?
It’s not just a question of whether we should engage with the writings of men who abuse power. A lot needs to be done to foster inclusivity in literature.
Jenny Bhatt
Trending
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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The SatChi Factor: The Immense importance of Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty in Indian badminton
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‘I am writing limericks and the other day I had a lollipop after seventy years’: Ruskin Bond at 88
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‘Panchayat’ season 2 review: An entertaining game of trivial pursuit
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A fact-check of every claim made by India to dispute WHO’s estimate of its Covid-19 deaths
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Radical nationalist or progressive philosopher? How do we engage with Aurobindo’s ideas today?
The Pondy Lit Fest, which sparked off minor debates, was held in Pondicherry, on the outskirts of which is Auroville, a settlement dedicated to his ideas.
Anu Majumdar
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Ayn Rand’s dangerous ideas are becoming increasingly popular and dismissing her is not the solution
Rand’s books, which attack altruism and demonise public servants, are still selling in the millions.
Skye C Cleary, Aeon
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Why Donald Trump’s policy of breaking up immigrant families is straight out of a Dickens novel
Charles Dickens wrote ‘Oliver Twist’ to point out the cruelty of the ‘New’ Poor Laws of England in the 1830s, which separated poor children from their families.
Sarah Bilston, The Conversation
Video
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Caught on camera: Speeding driver lands in water, rescued through sunroof of sinking car
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‘The dictator will lose’: Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelenskyy’s virtual address at Cannes
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Watch: Odia mountaineer Sidharth Routray scales Mount Everest, flies the tricolour
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Watch: What Deepika Padukone, AR Rahman, Shekhar Kapur said at the Cannes film festival
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Watch: USA guarantees equal pay for men’s and women’s national football teams in historic deal
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Hannah Arendt famously spoke of the ‘banality of evil’. But did she miss a deeper meaning?
For many critics, it is impossible to reconcile the deeds of Nazi operative Adolph Eichmann with Arendt’s depiction of him as no more than a bland bureaucrat.
Thomas White, Aeon
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Ten things Hannah Arendt said that are eerily relevant in today’s political times
One of the sharpest political thinkers of the twentieth century died on this day, December 4, 42 years ago.
Scroll Staff
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Is state monopoly on violence the price to be paid for an orderly society? Two books offer answers
Two new books dismantle the idea that state violence is a measure of progress, while holding out hope for change.
Supriya Nair
The Reel
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‘Panchayat’ season 2 review: An entertaining game of trivial pursuit
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‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ trailer: Meet Hulk’s lawyer cousin
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‘Ardh’ trailer: Rajpal Yadav and Rubina Dilaik play migrant dreamers in Mumbai
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Fatima Sana Shaikh: ‘Films have helped me cross an emotional barrier’
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‘Spiderhead’ trailer: Chris Hemsworth watches over prisoners controlled by mind-altering drugs
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How literary rage arms us with a private arsenal to fight the battles that a mob cannot
What makes rage more impressive than anger, less ignoble than temper, a phenomenon more than a feeling, a force more than a caprice?
Sampurna Chattarji
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How to invent a Tolkien-style language
Quenya, Sindarin, Klingon and Dothraki – there's an art to making up languages.
Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation
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The possibilities with a stranger: Complete love or extreme hate
Great romances are about strangers, and so are acts of violence.
Tabish Khair
The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nikhat Zareen becomes world champion, defeats Jitpong Jutamas in final
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Watch: Nikhat Zareen’s wins gold medal at IBA Women's World Boxing Championships
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Cricket: Jofra Archer suffers another injury setback, to miss rest of the English season
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: PV Sindhu only Indian to reach quarters, to face Yamaguchi next
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Virat Kohli: Disappointing to have not contributed to RCB’s cause more, but I’m in a balanced space