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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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Monkeypox: How does it spread, what are the risks, and how is it treated?
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The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine may have been legal – but it wasn’t wise
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Data check: Rafael Nadal goes past Roger Federer’s record for most men’s singles wins at a Major
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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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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‘We will stop you!’: Activists sing to disrupt oil company Shell’s annual general meeting in London
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Watch: New York City removes its last public telephone booth, an era comes to an end
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Watch: Volcano Mount Etna erupts, spewing lava into the sky and down the mountain
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Watch: Texas lawmaker suggests arming teachers, police presence in schools to prevent shootings
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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV
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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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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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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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Premier League: As Chelsea FC sale gets approved, what next after the Roman Abramovich era?
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‘An innings we’ll never forget’: Reactions to Rajat Patidar’s incredible IPL playoff century for RCB
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IPL 2022 Eliminator, LSG vs RCB as it happened: Patidar, Harshal star as RCB win by 14 runs
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Cricket: India to face England, Australia away as ICC announces match-ups for Women’s Championship
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Indian football: Sethu FC take on defending champions Gokulam Kerala in IWL final