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Ismail Kadare: A different dissident
Hindustan Times· 2 hours agoIsmail Kadare, the Albanian author who defied the Communist regime in the small Balkan nation, died on July 1. Although Kadare belongs to the illustrious...
In Guru Dutt’s life and art, frames of disenchantment
Hindustan Times· 2 hours agoThe birth centenary of Guru Dutt — easily one of Indian cinema’s greats — begins on July 9. The...
On her birthday, reading Wislawa Szymborska again
Indian Express· 5 days agoPossibly, Szymborska’s most powerful post-war poem is “The End and the Beginning,” a stark and unflinching portrayal of the aftermath of war. The poem...
‘I have spent at least a part of my day writing since the age of seven’: Anita Desai
Scroll· 15 hours agoBorn in 1937 in Mussoorie to a German mother and Bengali father, Desai has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times – in 1980 for The Clear Light of Day...
The Sandman Season 2 Adds a Slew of New Cast Members, Including Multiple Game of Thrones Alums
IGN India· 4 days agoPerhaps most notable of those is Jack Gleeson, who will play Puck, "a malevolent hobgoblin who...
‘Sweet Shop’: Amit Chaudhuri (re)opens intimate, everyday spaces for English poetry from India
Scroll· 6 days agoWhat made her uncomfortable, Hasan writes, was that the poet’s voice was “too close at hand as well as unsettlingly direct, nonchalant even”. As a young ...
From the margin to the centre
The Telegraph· 2 days agoA.K. Gandhi’s book is more a corrective literary pursuit than the outcome of a curious mind. The historical distortion, or perhaps ...
“Bhima Koregaon case is a bellwether for the collapse of democracy in India,” says Alpa Shah, author...
The Hindu· 2 days agoAlpa Shah’s book The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India is a welcome jolt to the public memory, reminding us of the fact that 16 intellectuals ...
'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.'
The Herald-Mail· 5 days agoWhen Fink first recited that poem in English class, I listened but didn’t quite have a full understanding to the meaning of "love" myself back in those...
Yoga, Sanskrit inspired Sufi epics—Chakras became 'mystical stations', gods turned 'angels'
Theprint· 3 days agoLate in the 14th century, as the Delhi Sultanate gave way to smaller regional Sultanates across...
