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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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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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: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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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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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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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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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May