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'Meru' book review: A space odyssey

The futuristic novel, set in a world beyond Earth, documents an expedition that aims to find other habitable planets

published : 19 Mar 2023
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'The Nemesis' book review: Mirror, mirror on the wall

With caste and class disparity at its centre, the novel pushes one to introspect their role as a perpetrator of social evils

published : 19 Mar 2023
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'The Forsaken Wilderness' book review: Into the wild

The Forsaken Wilderness, sort of prepares readers for what is in the offing—humans venturing into the abandoned wild.

published : 19 Mar 2023
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British writer and historian Patrick French dies of cancer at 56

British writer and historian Patrick French died in London after battling cancer for four years, said his family.

published : 16 Mar 2023
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From bedtime to bookshelf

Children’s book Rishvin and Jaanvi Mystery At The Fort And Other Stories is a sweet tale born out of the bond between a father and daughter

published : 15 Mar 2023
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Perumal Murugan’s Pyre on international Booker longlist

Perumal Murugan’s novel ‘Pyre’ is among the 13 books that have been longlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize. 

published : 15 Mar 2023
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Remember Ilavarasan? Perumal Murugan's 'Pyre', dedicated to the Dalit youth, in Booker Prize longlist

With this Murugan, 56, has become the first Tamil writer to make it to the prestigious list with his 2016 book "Pyre", which is translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.

published : 14 Mar 2023
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Of love & loss: Leaning on books, pet, friends & nature to navigate grief

Staying together, seeking refuge in someone or something from an otherwise harsh world is bliss. But the hostile reality catches up with you soon.

published : 13 Mar 2023
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Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies at 88

Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist, died on March 3, his publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said. The publisher did not give further details about his death.

published : 13 Mar 2023
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Scent of lingering memories: an ode to our grandparents' survival during Partition

The novel is as much a documentation of how art has survived Partition as it is a recollection of the human catastrophe
 

published : 12 Mar 2023
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Ghosts of writers past: A memoir offering delicious musings and slices of life

Raw Umber by Sara Rai is a banquet of cultural friezes with piquant reminders of who we once were.

published : 12 Mar 2023
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‘Fantasy is the genre of possibility’: Samantha Shannon

For me, writing a fantasy novel is similar to weaving a tapestry––each character and detail is a new thread, and they all come together to form a big picture.

published : 12 Mar 2023
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Pa Ranjith and Arya back with 'Sarpatta Round 2'

The first instalment revolved around a clash between two boxing clans Idiyappa Parambarai and Sarpatta Parambarai.

published : 06 Mar 2023
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Wanted to honour stories left out of Partition narrative: Chitra Divakaruni on new novel 'Independence' 

Growing up in Kolkata, Divakaruni had known elders who had participated in the freedom struggle.

published : 05 Mar 2023
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'We measure the earth with our bodies' book review: To Exist is to Belong

A poignant retelling of the Tibetan exodus told through the stories of women of two generations 
 

published : 05 Mar 2023