Talking Books
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An archive project is creating a database of Indian cities in fiction – and you can contribute to it
Divya Ravindranath and Apoorva Saini have set up the online archive Cities in Fiction to record how fictional narratives construct spaces in South Asia.
Rush Mukherjee
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Why autobiographies are the most potent books to challenge what is ‘normal’
The author of a book on the philosophy of autobiography writes why it’s a truly unique form of literature.
Aakash Singh Rathore
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Delhi High Court restrains publication of book on Ramdev until ‘defamatory’ parts are removed
A judge said the yoga guru was entitled to his right to social reputation and dignity as an ordinary citizen even if he is a public figure.
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Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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How a British spy operation dragged neutral Goa into the bloodshed of the Second World War
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In the digital age, a 120-year-old library in rural Maharashtra shows that books aren’t dead
Despite all the odds, the management of Nagar Wachnalaya in Kurundwad is working to save thousands of old Marathi and English books.
Sanket Jain
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How a Gujarati-speaking writer in Chennai became an acclaimed Tamil anthologist and bookseller
Dilip Kumar’s short stories, with their unexpected laugh out loud moments, have been translated into many languages.
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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Delhi court lifts injunction on book on yoga guru Ramdev
Juggernaut Books, the publisher of ‘From Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev’, called the order a victory for free speech.
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Video
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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Watch: Rescuers celebrate after an infant is pulled out alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza
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Watch: This performing duo danced like puppets at an engagement party
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Filmfare OTT Awards: Actor Rajshri Deshpande dedicates her win to Gaza victims, Indian farmers
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Watch: Men throw cash on the street while hanging out of windows of speeding SUVs in Noida
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Baba Ramdev book injunction pits freedom of speech against right to reputation. Which will prevail?
A Delhi court has restrained the sale of ‘Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev’ after the yoga guru alleged it defamed him.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Delhi court bars sale of book about Ramdev
The injunction has restrained Juggernaut from publishing ‘From Godman to Tycoon’ and Amazon and Flipkart from selling it.
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Here's a song written with the first lines of different books
'Once Upon A Time' riffs on Dickens, Kafka and Vonnegut.
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The Reel
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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In music-themed ‘Chamak’, looking for the ‘spirit of Punjab’ beyond its stereotypes
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#BombayHectic: A graphic novel chronicling life in Mumbai made entirely with a smartphone
The semi-autobiographical story follows the journey of a Delhi boy who moved to Mumbai in 2015.
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Watch a German campaign to reclaim ‘Mein Kampf’ from Hitler and use it to fight racism
In January 2016, Hitler’s autobiography was published for the first time since 1945 in Germany.
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