Publishing And The Pandemic
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Life, death, intimacy and privilege: Four works of Covid-19 fiction – and what they say about us
At the heart of these novels is the question of how to live with others in intimate relationships, when the outside world is fraught with danger.
Deborah Lupton, The Conversation
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A year of mourning with books: How literature helped cope with personal losses from Covid-19
‘Through this year of grieving and reading, I have found my way to stories, as shelter, an old habit from my childhood.’
Lopamudra Basu
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Remembering Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), the Assamese writer who influenced generations of readers
Borgohain, whose personal life was not without controversy, died of Covid-related complications at the age of 88.
Mayur Bora
Trending
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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Are your UPI payments farming your personal data without your consent?
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Anjana Appachana’s first novel in 20 years: A tender story of love, longing in a Delhi neighbourhood
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Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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How this children’s publisher defied the downtrend to boost sales during the pandemic
What’s behind the success story of Wonder House Books?
Selina Sheth
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While other libraries closed down, this community library in rural UP was begun during the pandemic
Law student Jatin Lalit Singh took his learnings from Delhi’s Community Library Project to the village of Bansa.
Rohan Datta
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Why Pagdandi of Pune transformed its library-cum-cafe into a bookstore during the pandemic
While other bookshops were closing down, Neha Pipraiya and Vishal Pipraiya had a different idea.
Arunima Mazumdar
Video
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Watch: Musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s song ‘295’ on the sarangi in a shopping area in Chandigarh
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Watch: A group of Pakistani artists creates huge portrait of Shah Rukh Khan on a beach
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Watch: Thunderstorm wrecks cars, brings down power lines, in Dibrugarh, Assam
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Before the pandemic and (maybe) after: A catalogue of what cities lose
You can never go back to the city the way it was, because it has been changed, perhaps irrevocably by Covid-19.
Parimal Bhattacharya
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‘My husband died of Covid-19. To channel my pain, I went back to writing the novel I had started’
Writer Andaleeb Wajid on how going back to writing her novels is helping her live after the loss of her husband and mother-in-law to the pandemic.
Andaleeb Wajid
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India’s national archives might go partly out of reach for writers. What happens to their holdings?
What does the delay in archival access following the imminent demolition of the Annexe to the National Archives of India mean for publishers?
Narayani Basu
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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In Varanasi, Harmony bookshop is keeping its faith in the return of customers once the pandemic ends
Bookseller Rakesh Kumar Singh is selling his books online, but he longs for the return of browsers to his shop.
Karan Madhok
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How a student in rural Bengal is defying the pandemic (and cyclones) with his libraries
Soumyadipta Bose has got his modest libraries for children going despite the second wave of Covid-19.
Rohan Datta
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Siddalingaiah (1954-2021): The Dalit poet who broke the rules and challenged the norms
The Kannada poet and writer died on June 11 of Covid-related complications at the age of 67.
S R Ramakrishna
The Field
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Indian football: Sunil Chhetri – ‘My hunger to score is the same as it has always been’
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IPL 2023: Ben Stokes ready to start as batter but bowling will have to wait, says CSK’s Mike Hussey
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AB de Villiers on RCB jersey retirement: 'I have a deep connection with this country and its people’
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Watch: Sunil Chhetri relives iconic 2017 goal against Kyrgyz Republic
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Impact player at IPL 2023: All you need to know about the new rule in Indian Premier League