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Book review
The way of all flesh
This novel remarkably conflates sexuality and spirituality in a strait-laced Brahmin society of the Thanjavur of yore.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
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A rarefied self-search
An intimate record of the heart of a vibrant writer-artist that will serve as an inspiration to other writers and artists.
A.J. Thomas
Essay
Tola defeats the tiger
In Spirit Nights, Easterine Kire transports us to the Nagaland of legends and lores, as well as to the real Nagaland.
Siddharth Dasgupta
EXCLUSIVE
‘There was no expectation of reward’
In conversation with Shanta Gokhale, one of the winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation 2021.
JERRY PINTO
Book Review
A missed opportunity
A lack of structure or thematic transition to all the stories that Onir wishes to tell works against this memoir.
Abhinav Chakraborty
Book Excerpt
Verdicts of empathy
An excerpt from “Pride versus Prejudice: The Struggle against Section 377” by Saurabh Kirpal. It details the four judgments passed in Navtej Singh Joh
Saurabh Kirpal
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Reforms in limbo
The story of former IPS officer Prakash Singh’s litigation that resulted in the 2006 judgment on police reforms, and the subsequent struggle to get th
K.S. Subramanian
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Unlocking an alternative politics
The book calls upon the reader to get rid of the communal-secular binary to understand the various ways in which the politics of knowledge is played o
Hilal Ahmed
A Ray hero looks back
A new book throws light on various aspects of Satyajit Ray’s life and works and never-heard-before anecdotes.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
Adivasi perspective
For the first time, two Adivasi leaders record the struggles of their community during the anti-Narmada dam protests and the NBA’s role in creating aw
Lyla Bavadam
Oil and Oman’s women
The book, first published in Arabic in 2016, revisits the dramatic changes, particularly in the lives of women, that the discovery of oil precipitated
Radhika Holmstrom
Book Review: B.N. Goswamy’s collection of essays revels in soulful conversations on art
B.N. Goswamy’s latest book, a collection of 125 essays selected from his fortnightly column “Art and Soul” in The Tribune, takes one on a voyage of di
Rajnish Wattas
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