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Ranjit Hoskote: Between the Sea and the Shore

Suhit Kelkar

The many avatars of Ranjit Hoskote blaze forth in his new poetry collection. Suhit Kelkar meets the poet and curator

MBIFL18: Life and Letters

A literary festival on the palace grounds gives Thiruvananthapuram a new cultural elan

Bibliomania Unbound

Books as objects of obsession

CP Surendran: ‘Poetry is the handle to the door of human experience’

The poet CP Surendran in his new book finds it difficult to separate politics from literature

Padmavati: The Legend of the Queen

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

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