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Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy: What India can learn from Aftab Seth's latest book

May 03, 2026 1:04 pm

In Indonesia: The Beautiful Archipelago, retired diplomat Aftab Seth interprets Indian interests through the prism of the host country without being didactic

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In ‘The White Book,’ Han Kang confronts the ghost of an unlived life

August 31, 2025 2:23 pm

In The White Book, Nobel laureate Han Kang creates an imagined life for her sister through little anecdotes, contemplating what kind of person she would have grown up to be and the mundane things she might have experienced.

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Light of the Firefly

July 02, 2020 4:13 pm

Kaifi Azmi’s writings on love and rebellion continue to bedazzle.

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What Can’t Be Said Is Written

June 08, 2019 8:18 am

The layers upon layers of Raj Kamal Jha’s new novel dress the collective wound of a nation

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Sun and Shade

June 08, 2019 1:35 am

In Beyond the Boulevard, Aditi Sriram offers a deeper look at this quaint little town — aspects of which, the average tourist might catch a glimpse of as she speeds down the narrow streets on a hired bike.

The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution, Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury, Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury book review,

The life and times of the Hungry Generation of modern Bengali poets, arguably the most dynamic and divisive literary movement of its generation

June 09, 2019 10:21 am

Perhaps the most debated and certainly the most divisive, “movement” in modern Bengali poetry is that of the Hungry Generation, whose founders and followers were labelled “Hungryalists”.