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literature

The Sword And The Stylus

William Dalrymple

The Baburnama, one of the greatest memoirs in any language and of any age, is a testament to humanity in which the personal becomes universal

Why Love What You Will Lose?

The new Nobel laureate Louise Glück’s poetry is infused with desire and trauma, the processes of ordeal and healing

Louise Glück: Austere Notes

The autobiographical voice of America’s leading poet wins her the Nobel Prize

The Gandhi Purana

The metaphysical boldness of Raja Rao’s portrait of the Mahatma

Who Exactly is the ‘Other’?

A swift tour of India’s memorable cultural trends in literature and movies

Bio Dictatorship

When the writer succumbs to the monumental

Reading and Seeing

Several high-profile adaptations of literary fiction prove that big books can make for fine viewing

Father and Son

A searing look at generational conflict and conservatism

The Drawing Room Writer

Diksha Basu’s new novel is irreverent and glamorous. She tells Urvashi Bahuguna there is more to literature than tortured stories

Literature in the time of Covid-19

One of the few unintended positives in the overwhelming gloom has been the space writers and thinkers have been granted to become enormously productive and focused

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