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100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum: The writer’s lasting legacySubscriber Only
December 31, 2024 19:48 IST
A museum in the 19th century London home in which the British writer wrote Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers, has now been open to the public for 100 years. We explore the life and legacy of this influential writer of the sentimental and picaresque
Tue, Dec 31, 2024
Bapsi Sidhwa, Parsi writer who took Partition to the world, dies at 86Subscriber Only
December 27, 2024 03:01 IST
She died Wednesday in Houston, Texas. She was 86. She is survived by her novels known for their comedy, tragedy and seamless fusion of the political and personal.
Fri, Dec 27, 2024
Literary giant ‘with his no-nonsense insistence on free speech’ – who was M T Vasudevan NairSubscriber Only
December 26, 2024 00:52 IST
He was only 25 when he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi for Naalukettu (1959), the story of an angry young man who wants to tear down his ancestral house because of how the family treated his rebellious mother.
Thu, Dec 26, 2024
‘Nobody asks your caste or religion on a film set’: Shahana GoswamiSubscriber Only
December 24, 2024 17:26 IST
The lead actor of Santosh, the Sandhya Suri-directed cop drama shortlisted in the International Feature Film category at Oscars 2025, on the moral greys that make her role shine.
Tue, Dec 24, 2024
‘Why do we need libraries?’: For rights, reading and resistanceSubscriber Only
December 07, 2024 22:55 IST
Emily Drabinski discussed the assault on free speech by right-wing movements around the world
Sat, Dec 07, 2024
Explained: The Turner Prize for art and the controversies around itSubscriber Only
December 07, 2024 12:46 IST
Indian-origin artist Jasleen Kaur has won this year’s Turner Prize, which has helped many past winners attract mainstream recognition, and led to several controversies.
Sat, Dec 07, 2024
Preeti Panigrahi on how imperfections made her performance in Girls Will Be Girls shine: ‘A lot of my inhibitions were dodged off’Subscriber Only
December 01, 2024 10:01 IST
Girls will be Girls, the debut directorial by Shuchi Talati that recently screened at the Dharamshala International Film Festival, features Preeti Panigrahi (23) in her first feature film performance.
Sun, Dec 01, 2024
Historians must be ‘part-time activists’… urban crisis in South Asia is very serious: Narayani GuptaSubscriber Only
November 27, 2024 19:42 IST
A book on the veteran scholar’s efforts to preserve the city’s heritage sites and make history accessible was launched on November 21 in her presence at India International Centre
Wed, Nov 27, 2024
Farming the Revolution: director Nishtha Jain’s year with the farmers’ protestsSubscriber Only
November 23, 2024 10:01 IST
With her documentary Farming the Revolution screened recently at DIFF, director Nishtha Jain talks about the challenges of censorship and funding
Mon, Nov 25, 2024
After his film Tees’s screening at DIFF, director Dibakar Banerjee on the challenges of indie filmmakingSubscriber Only
November 17, 2024 12:57 IST
Tees is about three generations of a Kashmiri family, beginning from the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in the early 1990s, all the way to a future dystopia of censorship and tyranny
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Books to read: The greatest cooking show in the galaxySubscriber Only
November 10, 2024 14:32 IST
From a sci-fi novel about an intergalactic cooking competition to an account of a socialite scandal from 1970s Pakistan, here are the new books you should read
Sun, Nov 10, 2024
Lawyer and writer Gautam Bhatia on his latest novel, The Sentence, and the moral questions that decide the fate of societySubscriber Only
November 10, 2024 12:01 IST
The book follows Bhatia’s science-fiction Sumer duology about a society that has been bound inside a giant wall and represses those who seek to leave
Sun, Nov 10, 2024
Around the world in 60 deliveries: A man’s quest to raise money for rare disease researchSubscriber Only
November 01, 2024 19:30 IST
A New Zealander is travelling around the world to raise awareness about a rare, incurable muscle disorder. We follow his sojourn in India
Fri, Nov 01, 2024
Books to read: The magazines that changed India’s relationship to HindiSubscriber Only
October 26, 2024 21:27 IST
From a treatise on post-Independence Hindi magazines to an intimate reportage on tuberculosis in India, here are the new books you need to read
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Books to read: The history of Indian environmentalismSubscriber Only
October 12, 2024 16:33 IST
From a new collection by the Murty Classical Library to Ramachandra Guha on the history of environmentalist writings in India, the recently published books you need to read
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
Fabulist writer Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih wins Shakti Bhatt awardSubscriber Only
October 05, 2024 19:15 IST
Nongkynrih is a veteran poet, fictioneer, and critic, who has often drawn from the folk tales and legends of Khasi tribe.
Mon, Oct 07, 2024
Keki Daruwalla, a defining influence on Indian writing in English, dies at 87Subscriber Only
September 27, 2024 18:21 IST
In 2015, Daruwalla returned his 1984 Sahitya Akademi award to protest the killing of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi, a known critic of right-wing groups, outside his home.
Fri, Sep 27, 2024
Books to read: How Gujarat 2002 changed India foreverSubscriber Only
September 15, 2024 14:25 IST
New fiction and non-fiction you must read, from a memoir on the 2002 Gujarat violence that took the life of thousands, to a new novel by the author of Fight Club
Sun, Sep 15, 2024
Joker returns: As Joaquin Phoenix revives the cult hero in a new film, why is the clown so dear to us?Subscriber Only
September 14, 2024 10:24 IST
With an upcoming film on Batman’s arch-nemesis The Joker, we look at how the figure of the jester has persisted around the world for centuries by mocking the strong and tickling the weak.
Sun, Sep 15, 2024
Along with James Earl Jones, there were many unsung artists whose work made Darth Vader unforgettableSubscriber Only
September 13, 2024 12:58 IST
It took sound designer Ben Burtt’s experiments with Jones’s voice — breathing into a scuba tank’s regulator and recording the sound in variously-sized rooms — that transformed Vader into a villain worthy of those ceramic-white corridors in a galaxy far, far away
Fri, Sep 13, 2024
Books to read: How Indian ideas changed the worldSubscriber Only
September 07, 2024 23:20 IST
From a book on the video revolution of 1980s India to a new work by acclaimed Argentinian writer Andrs Neuman, here are all the latest publications you should read
Sat, Sep 07, 2024
The Grief of a Punjab LostSubscriber Only
September 02, 2024 18:52 IST
With her family history, advocate Malavika Rajkotia pens a story of Partition, Punjabiyat and the scattering of a people united by language and land
Mon, Sep 02, 2024
Books to read: After the dust settled on Babri MasjidSubscriber Only
August 18, 2024 05:30 IST
From testimonies of those who lived to see the Babri Masjid’s demolition, to a detective story about misogyny and violence, here are the new publications you must read
Sat, Aug 17, 2024
‘Most readers only decide what to read from shortlists’: MG VassanjiSubscriber Only
August 17, 2024 13:43 IST
The Toronto-based writer on his latest novel, Everything There Is, how publishing has changed and why he doesn’t like writing-school formulas
Sat, Aug 17, 2024
Books to read: How the world sees Gaza nowSubscriber Only
August 04, 2024 03:39 IST
From a philosophical treatise on Israel's military campaign in Gaza, to a translation by Arunava Sinha, here are the new publications you should read
Sun, Aug 04, 2024
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