Publishing And The Pandemic
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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
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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
Trending
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Opinion: Pakistan has learnt little from India and India has taken the worst lessons from Pakistan
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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Shadow militants: Why a policeman’s killing has shaken a battle-hardened Kashmiri village
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Arvind Kejriwal’s speech accidentally played at BJP’s ‘tiranga yatra’ in Gujarat
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Watch: When former Pakistan PM Imran Khan praised India for not bowing to the West
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Gateway of India to Howrah Bridge: Monuments, structures, buildings lit up for Independence Day
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Watch: Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometres above the surface of the earth to mark Independence Day
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Watch: Young refugees in India sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with Grammy Award-winner Ricky Kej
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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
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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
The Reel
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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‘Darlings’ director Jasmeet K Reen on her heroines: ‘They are simple, scared, a bit off’
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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
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Shekhar Malhotra (1954-2021): Reluctant publisher, avid bookseller, another person lost to Covid
Protege and business associate Vikas Rakheja pays a tribute to founder of Full Circle publishing and bookshops, who died in Delhi on May 2.
Vikas Rakheja
The Field
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Davis Cup: Nadal rested for Spain’s group stage matches, Zverev included in German squad
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Football: Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy termed ‘predator’ as rape trial begins
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Man Utd sit bottom of the table, Man City on top – Talking points from the Premier League weekend
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Cricket: In-form Cheteshwar Pujara lights up Royal London One Day Cup with another century
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La Liga: Alaba stars as Real Madrid begin title defence with 2-1 win against Almeria