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• Spectator by Seema Goswami: Déjà vu

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  Source : Hindustan Times – BRUNCH   –   Seema Goswami I’ve always been a fan of comfort reading; but the lockdown has made me comfort-watch old TV shows as well.   Regular…

• A fiction debut that captures memories of another love

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  Source : Hindu BusinessLine-BLInk  –  Pooja Bhula    Academic and activist Ruth Vanita’s novel Memory of Light portrays the relationship of two courtesans in nawabi Lucknow * The romance between Nafis…

• Perez to release follow up to ‘Invisible Women’

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  Source : Times of India Caroline Criado Perez has written a sequel to her bestselling book, ‘Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’ ‘Invisible Women’ explained how…

• Some writers’ retreats have pivoted to online communities during the pandemic. Can it work?

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  Source : Scroll.in   –   Tara Khandelwal The experience of Bound India offers some answers.   When the lockdown was announced, we were still recovering from our trip to Goa. Our…

• Ebrahim Alkazi (1925-2020): The architect of modern Indian theatre

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  Source : MintLOUNGE   A prolific artist, an institution builder and a giving teacher, Ebrahim Alkazi is credited with changing the lexicon of Indian theatre Ebrahim Alkazi, the doyen of…

• Prose-based dance video released as death anniversary tribute to Bhabendranath Saikia

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  Source : Hindustan Times For Twilight at the Port, Saikia had created a very special prose narrative based in the background of London which is completely different from his familiar…

• The princess who loved the enemy: Review of ‘The Princess and the Political Agent’ by Binodini, trs Somi Roy

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  Source : The Hindu   –   Debapriya Basu An iconic work hobbled by a tone-deaf translation Much like the author, Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi, the novel Bor Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi (‘The Big Saheb’s…

• 2017, a student; 2020, a literary superstar

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  Source : newsroom   Paula Morris on her former writing student, now the author of a worldwide smash, Auckland novelist Rose Carlyle On a mild Wednesday evening last week, I…

• The Hungover Games by Sophie Heawood review – an acerbic must-read

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  Source : The Guardian An unexpected journey from celebrity interviewer to single mother is never less than candid and funny   Journalist Sophie Heawood has written columns about life as…

• Poem penned by Rabindranath Tagore 120 years ago goes viral, here’s why

  August 9, 2020 Read More...

  Source : Times of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in Ayodhya for the Ram temple on August 5 which received mixed reactions from Indians. A day…

• Shashi Tharoor is coming up with a new book to teach some new words

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  Source : The Indian Express In his new book, Tharoorosaurus, he will be sharing 53 examples from his vocabulary. Published by Penguin Random House India, there will be one such…

• Dalai Lama is releasing a climate change book

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  Source : Times of India His Holiness, the Dalai Lama has written a book on climate change which will be releasing this year. His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, is…

• The kingdom of Mahishmathi in my novels is darker and grimmer: Anand

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  Source : Hindustan Times Anand Neelakantan explains the challenges that arise when one is writing a prequel to a successful film franchise   Author Anand Neelakantan surely knew the stakes…

• Ebrahim Alkazi (1925-2020): A lodestar in India’s arts firmament

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  Source : The Hindu   –   Gayatri Sinha   Alkazi was not just the father of modern Indian theatre but a pioneer who pushed the frontiers for all the arts In…

• Angels & Demons! Why God Ram Is Headlining Current National Discourse From Prime Time To WhatsApp

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  Source : Outlook Characters from India’s mythological cosmos are the new inspiration for writers in different languages as techno-savvy dudes stumble on an unusual genre of storytelling.   As the…

• Salman Rushdie asks Twitter to remove fake tweet falsely attributed to him

  August 8, 2020 Read More...

  Source : The Indian Express In the past, the Shame author had been mired in controversy after his book, The Satanic Verses was published. He was accused of blasphemy leading…

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