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In Good Company

Suman Tarafdar

Attending the English classes at Cambridge

City Lights

Has culture lost its place in Bangalore?

Alone and Away

Taslima Nasrin’s unending search for home

Who Will Win the Booker?

With three men and three women on the list, and with ages ranging from 35 (Ottessa Moshfegh) to 57 (Deborah Levy) the Man Booker shortlist appears to be unusually balanced.

Jesus, Coetzee Is at It Again

He is one of the greatest novelists of his time, but his late novels take him to a grim elsewhere, baffling his devotees

A Poetic High

Spoken-word poetry is gaining a festive momentum in India

To Be or Not to Be

Ian McEwan’s dazzling use of his craft is not displayed fully in this Hamlet variation

Speak, Memory

When half-remembered stories from the past become shadowy foundations of the present

Rekha: Missing From the Frame

A biography of Rekha that is rich in empathy but lacks the diva’s voice

The Race to the Final Date

Two delightful perspectives on delaying the inevitable

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