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Writer-director Nandita Das with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays Manto

Living with Manto, finding Mantoiyat

Manto the film was critically acclaimed, not just at Cannes, but at several international films festivals.

7 Feb 2020 1:37 AM IST

Picture from India Art Fair

Museum pieces, acrylics, text

At a certain point, you were back to your young adult self, hair all black, clothes all black you suddenly seemed much...

31 Jan 2020 1:32 AM IST

The Swap by Shuma raha HarperCollins India pp.287; Rs 299

Sassy Swap must be read at one go, cover to cover

Swapping in marriage would generally imply a trading off of partners with each other's consent.

31 Jan 2020 1:30 AM IST

Trumped: Emerging Powers in a Post-American World By Sreeram chaulia Bloomsbury pp.272; Rs 799.

Chance for non-Western powers to rise in a post-American world

The similarities between President Bolsanoro and his American counterpart are extraordinary.

31 Jan 2020 1:28 AM IST

Economy Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee speaks at Jaipur Listerature Festival on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

No intention to be RBI governor: Abhijit Banerjee

Oraganiser and author William Darlymple draws analogy between East India Company and current British govt.

31 Jan 2020 1:17 AM IST

Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre during the Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 at Diggi Palace on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Let's embrace opinion, dissent: Ashok Gehlot

13th edition of the 5-day Jaipur Literature Festival kicks off.

31 Jan 2020 1:12 AM IST

Bollywood actress Dia Mirza gets emotional during the Jaipur Literature Festival on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Places, poetry and pushing boundaries

Talking about poetry is like taking a hot bath in a tub with your clothes on, says poet-writer Jeet Thayil.

28 Jan 2020 4:38 AM IST

Really easy for me to write my stories'

My new book has three short stories and I had pretty good plans about the stories.

26 Jan 2020 3:10 AM IST

RN Kao, Gentleman Spymaster, by Nitin A Gokhale Bloomsbury, Rs 599.

Super-Kao-boy' who helped liberate Bangladesh

Even the legendary Rameshwar Nath Kao couldn't quite play god at all times.

26 Jan 2020 3:03 AM IST

Ernest Hemingway

KLF, where authors, readers mingle

The bells tolled on the Kozhikode (Calicut) beach for four days last week for a different reason.

24 Jan 2020 6:30 AM IST

A PM who tried but failed to stay at the helm

Controversies had followed Desai right from the time he had entered the public arena in the 1920s.

24 Jan 2020 6:29 AM IST

Literary diaries

An overview of the recently concluded Kerala Lit Fest.

22 Jan 2020 12:13 AM IST