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Padmavati: The Legend of the Queen

Akhila Mathew

From Rajput valour to nationalist heroism, the story of Padmavati has a rich socio-cultural tradition

Indraprastha

KSL Festival in Kasauli, Jagmohan's book on Kashmir and MJ Akbar's repartee

When Booker Comes to Bollywood

The central character badly needs that award to emphasise his heroism

Rupi Kaur: Life in Lower Case

What is it that makes the poetry of Rupi Kaur insta-sensational?

Karl Ove Knausgaard: Master of the Mundane

The cult of Karl Ove Knausgaard reveals a milder side

Tishani Doshi: ‘The houses of love we make in our time here are worth singing’

Tishani Doshi on poetry, mortality, the female body and finding the lion in the wardrobe

A Change of Scene

With films drawn from life and literature, the music label Saregama begins the newest wave

Akhil Sharma: ‘I am an Immigrant’

Akhil Sharma takes his readers into the core of human experience

Friends of My Youth

The best way to know authors is to know them as children

Comic as Sage

The winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize is a wonderfully tailored exploration of the human condition

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