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Scripting a cultural continuum

What does the Sahitya Akademi mean to ordinary Indians, readers, and writers today?
Anita E. Cherian
Frontline’s 50

India at 75 - Fiction

Beacons that light up the path to understanding post-Independence Indian literature.
Anusua Mukherjee
Essay

Writing Partition: A violent birth

Literature documented the lasting psychological effects of Partition like no official record can.
Ranjana Sengupta
Frontline’s 50

India at 75 - Non-fiction

Pivotal books that shaped the course of India’s cultural and intellectual life. 
Abhirami Girija Sriram

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Rajmohan Gandhi.

‘I am shaken, but not crushed’

The India of his boyhood dream is under fearsome assault, but Rajmohan Gandhi isn’t giving up hope.
Manu S. Pillai
This excerpt is from Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul (Penguin Random House, 2022) pages 20-24.

The Non-Brahmin Hostel

An excerpt from ‘Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya’ by Akshaya Mukul (2022).
Akshaya Mukul

A cinephile, a city, and a film-maker

Reading it is akin to riding on a roller coaster replete with references to films, literature, and politics.
C.S. Venkiteswaran

Struck by wonder

A new translation of Tamil poet-saint Nammaazhwaar’s verses navigates both language and emotion.
Arshia Sattar
Deepti Naval with her memoir, in New Delhi on July 4.

‘Writing gives me complete freedom’

In conversation with writer and actor Deepti Naval.
Deepika Nandal
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