World Literature
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‘Dream of the Red Chamber’: Why you should read a 2,500-page-long, 18th century Chinese novel
The sprawling novel is one of an immersive experience of Imperial China and one of literature’s most ambitious attempts at capturing the human experience.
Josh Stenberg, The Conversation
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Photos and translations: The unique semi-pictographic dongba script of China’s Naxi people
This script can probably be dated to 13th century and is often touted as the world’s last living pictographic script, although that is not entirely accurate.
Duncan Poupard
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New African literature is disrupting the standard lists of Western publishers (making readers happy)
African writing ends up volleyed between two default poles of ‘corporate global’ and ‘activist local’.
Jeanne-Marie Jackson, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Why are concerns being raised about the Election Commission’s voter turnout data?
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Photos: Chinese and Islamic influences come together in the Qurans printed in China
With Muslim traders working in the Asian country, an Islamic community is said to have been established there in centuries past.
Colin F Baker & Ursula Sims-Williams
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Here's proof that Bob Dylan reads poetry: Five extraordinary poems that inspired him
Bob Dylan has leaned on poetry more than any other musician, before or since.
Tim Atkins, The Conversation
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Philip Roth: The American writer who shouldn’t need the Nobel to be read the world over
With another American having won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Roth may have a long wait.
Saikat Majumdar
Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Even without the Nobel, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writing of resistance is memorable
Thiong'o abjured English as the coloniser's tongue, and wrote his first novel in prison on toilet paper.
Devapriya Roy
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Akhil Sharma wins Dublin International literary prize worth €100,000
The Indian-American author beat 159 others to win it for his autobiographical novel, ‘Family Life’.
Scroll Staff
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After the rediscovery of a 19th-century novel, our view of black female writers is transformed
When a writer came across an old newspaper article calling Sarah E Farro "the first negro novelist", she wondered: who was Farro?
Gretchen Gerzina, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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What to expect from Shehan ‘Chinaman’ Karunatilaka’s new novel (hint: think ghosts)
The Sri Lankan winner of three literary prizes for his first novel is finally back with his second.
Smriti Daniel
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When Shakespeare went to East Africa and found favour with the Indian diaspora
Strange and wonderful things happen when the playwright's works cross continents.
University of Cambridge
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What to do when raped every night by groups of invading soldiers
An excerpt from an epic Indonesian novel whose closest comparison is ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’.
Eka Kurniawan
The Field
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women exit tournament in quarter-final loss to Japan
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings