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I Know What You Will Read This Summer

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An American master on mortality, a Nobel laureate on New Russia and more. Bibliotherapy for the summer

Rohan Murty: Culture Capitalist

How humanities can redeem science and technology. The passions of Rohan Murty

Karan Mahajan: A Case of Exploding Metaphors

The Delhi-born, US-based writer's new novel captures the terror and tragedy of our time

A Radioactive Debate

What the struggle in a Tamil Nadu village says about the other side of development

Body Guides

An entire generation of girls now define themselves by how active (or not) they are sexually

Love in the Time of Decay

In each of these stories, unlovely descriptions of ageing bodies become an acceptance of mortality

The Price of Authorpreneurship

When publishing muffles authors, stifles creativity and makes the market king. A publisher’s dissenting note

Dalit Literature: Written in the Margins

What the power and poignancy of Dalit literature say about an unequal India

An Object of Derision

Tavleen Singh in her new book should have allowed a bit of sunlight between perception and reality

Karan Mahajan: Explosive Imagination

There is a certain smartness to this Delhi-raised writer’s work that has made him the toast in literary circles.

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