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‘I like poetry because I can write about the essence of things,’ says Ali Cobby Eckermann

Tishani Doshi

Aboriginal poet and author Ali Cobby Eckermann records the importance of ritual and recognition

The Mystery of Mixed Messages

Enid Blyton’s storytelling as a crash course in patriarchy

JLF 2019: Reigning Stars and Falling Trees

Being both an insider and outsider at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Romancing the Distance

Around the world in a literary relay race of sorts

Shakespeare and Company

The localisation of the bard as a cultural study

Amos Oz as Patriot and Dissident

Shaped by books and loss, he argued against the temptations of power

Best of Books 2018: Poetry

A biography of water, the Gita refreshed and a record of sounds

Best of Books 2018: Crime Fiction

Unreliable narrators, bear poachers, undercover Russian agents and much more

I’m Not a Traitor

A lot can be gained in translation

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