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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.

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

‘There was no expectation of reward’

In conversation with Shanta Gokhale, one of the winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation 2021.

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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

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

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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‘Satyajit Ray: The Man Who Knew Too Much’ by Barun Chanda (Om Books International).

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.

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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

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

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“Conversations: India’s Leading Art Historian Engages with 101 Themes & More” by B.N. Goswamy (Penguin, 2022)

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