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21 Jan 2021
Here's How You Can Thoroughly Enjoy What You Read
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7 Jan 2021
How To Use The Ellipsis (...) Correctly
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7 Jan 2021
9 Ways To Improve Your Writing Skills
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7 Jan 2021
What Is The Difference Between A Novel And A Book?
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7 Jan 2021
5 Simple Ways Of Writing The Opening Line Of Your Novel
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7 Jan 2021
3 Ways To Develop A Strong Character In Your Story
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7 Jan 2021
5 Most Important Things Needed In The Story You Are Writing
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7 Jan 2021
5 Tips For Writing A Romantic Novel
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7 Jan 2021
How To Start A Poetry Blog
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7 Jan 2021
How To Start Writing A Novel
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7 Jan 2021
How To Start Blogging If You Are A Writer
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16 Mar 2021
Bengaluru Review: Spring, 2021
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23 Dec 2020
Year Ender Issue 2020
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29 Sep 2020
September Issue 2020: Step Outside the Frame (Asia Pacific Issue)
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14 Aug 2020
August Issue 2020: Celebrating Bengaluru
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30 Jul 2020
July Issue 2020 (Short Story Special)
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27 Jun 2020
June Issue 2020
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22 May 2020
May Issue 2020
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19 May 2020
April Issue 2020
Bhasha
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4 Jan 2021
सत्य से आगे क्या : आज के समय में गांधी
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31 Dec 2020
புதினத்தினால் இயல்பாக எழுந்து வந்த தன்னுரையாடல்
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31 Dec 2020
मतदान, या राजनीति का पुनरुत्थान?
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31 Dec 2020
பெங்களூரு சர்வதேச திரைப்பட விழா 2019
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31 Dec 2020
'मैं कितना कुछ हूँ, और कितना कुछ हो सकता हूँ' : शिखर गोयल की कविताएँ
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31 Dec 2020
कविता और समकालीनता
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30 Dec 2020
அட்டகலாட்டாவில் பெருமாள் முருகன்
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28 Dec 2020
Japan il Santhosh Kaliyanaraman
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23 Dec 2020
गहरे पानी पैठती चन्दन पाण्डेय की 'वैधानिक गल्प'
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22 Dec 2020
அடையாளமற்ற மனிதனைத் தேடி
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28 Aug 2020
लखनऊ की बोली, अन्दाज़, गंगा-जमनी तहज़ीब, और सुख़नसाज़ी से जुड़े क़िस्सों की पोटली
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27 Aug 2020
'भूख ऐसे लगी हुई है जैसे गड्ढे में पेड़' : लीलाधर जगूड़ी का काव्यसंसार
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26 Aug 2020
गाँधी और गोडसे के बहाने देबीप्रसाद चट्टोपाध्याय का पुनर्पाठ
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25 Aug 2020
शमशेर की ‘लौट आ ओ धार’ : बीते समय को दूर से देखने की कविता
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21 Aug 2020
कवि का मोक्ष कविता है
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21 Aug 2020
कभी-कभी ज़िंदगी अचानक से धप्पा भी दे देती है
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21 Aug 2020
वर्ग की प्रेमिका कौन है?
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14 Aug 2020
ಮನ ವಿಭ್ರಾಂತ: ಒಂದು ಕಥೆ
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14 Aug 2020
ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕವನಗಳು - ರಾಮ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಡಿ.ಟಿ.
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13 Aug 2020
सीमांतीय संवेदना और संघर्ष: बेंगलुरु में हिंदी कविता का विकास
Art & Illustrations
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28 Dec 2020
Brave new world: illustrations by Namrata Narendra
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24 Dec 2020
An Assortment of Portraits by Umar Timol
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29 Sep 2020
The Dog of the Shenjia Condo: A short story by Sara F. Costa
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26 Jun 2020
"An image of the moon is less true than the moon itself": Three poems by Richard Oyama
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26 Jun 2020
“India is always on my mind”: Claus Ankersen Speaks With Bengaluru Review
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26 Jun 2020
"Death knells peal, numbers multiply, virus ravages us": Haiku and other poems on the Corona Pandemic by Sudeep Sen
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21 May 2020
Reading Mountbatten & the Partition of India in postcolonial times
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18 Apr 2020
Are We At The Endgame Of The Age Of Humans? Saurabh Thakur's Insighful Essay Takes A Look At 'Day Zero'
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24 Mar 2020
Brave new world: illustrations by Namrata Narendra
Translation
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21 Mar 2021
"There is no road at all": Five poems by Davide Nota translated by Giacomo Lilliù
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18 Mar 2021
Poetry by Malayali Women Poets, translated by Ra Sh
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15 Mar 2021
Monihara: Tagore's story in translation
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15 Mar 2021
Poetry from the Tang Dynasty, translated by Joshua Ip
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15 Mar 2021
"I Am a Victim of Politics": Poetry by Varavara Rao, translated by Maithri and R. Raj Rao
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31 Dec 2020
'Each word is an angel': Six poems by Bhaben Barua
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30 Dec 2020
'The fish gasps and pants' : Three animal poems by ‘Agyeya’
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29 Dec 2020
Partition : A story by Swyam Prakash
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28 Dec 2020
Khagam : A story by Satyajit Ray
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22 Dec 2020
Eight Women Poets in Translation from the Malayalam by Arathy Asok
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22 Dec 2020
"I’d read poems to rocks / not one rock melted": Three poems by Vasant Abaji Dahake translated by Suhit Kelkar
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29 Jul 2020
Poetry in Translation: Anju Makhija's translation of 18th century Sindhi Sufi poet Sachal Sarmast is pure delight
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18 Jul 2020
Hunger: The story that you need to read right now!
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27 Jun 2020
Poetry in Translation: Rajat Chaudhuri translates Pratyush Bandopadhyay from the Bengali
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26 Jun 2020
Poetry in Translation: John Taylor beautifully translates Franca Mancinelli from the Italian
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26 Jun 2020
Poetry in Translation: Six iconic poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz translated beautifully by Vinita Agrawal
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26 Jun 2020
Neelkant ka Safar; Barnali Saha translates Swyam Prakash's wonderful short story for you
Reviews
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18 Apr 2020
Questioning One's Identity As A Writer
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24 Mar 2020
A world of intrigue, politics, and art
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24 Mar 2020
A marvel of adaptive reuse and restoration
Interviews
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6 Jun 2021
"Human irrationality and dichotomy drive me"- Rochelle Potkar
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6 Jun 2021
"Writing different genres keeps different grey cells happy for me"- Interview with Shobhana Kumar
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13 Apr 2021
"I look at everything from the lens of time" - Interview with poet Soumya Menon
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13 Apr 2021
"Poetry and impermanence have a time-honoured relationship" - Interview with poet Siddharth Dasgupta
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27 Feb 2021
"Poetry gives us permission to dream" - Interview with Nandini Varma and Shantanu Anand
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31 Dec 2020
'I crave to hear the descend of dewdrops on tufts of grass' : Manu Dash
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25 Dec 2020
"The verb ‘to be’ remains unsolved by both science or philosophy": Pranav Sharma
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22 Dec 2020
"We as Indians have never frankly confessed our ways of lovemaking": Pitambar Naik
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29 Sep 2020
Underwater: Lesley Synge interviews Jens Tröeger
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17 Sep 2020
Watch : In conversation with Ishan Jadwani – The ABCs
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17 Sep 2020
Watch : In conversation with Abhishek Majumdar – The ABCs
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10 Sep 2020
Watch : In conversation with Nandita Bose – The ABCs
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10 Sep 2020
Watch : In conversation with Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury – The ABCs
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26 Aug 2020
‘For young readers, some experiences are timeless’ : Andaleeb Wajid
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13 Aug 2020
Reading in the Time of Corona: Testimonials of Bookstore Owners in Bengaluru post the Pandemic
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26 Jun 2020
“Being aware of tragedy and trauma allows us to work for healing and justice”: Robert Wood Speaks With Bengaluru Review
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21 May 2020
Lullaby for grandmother : Praveen Alva and the revival of Tulu storytelling and songs
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18 Apr 2020
“Crime Novel Is A Game Between The Writer And The Reader”: Uttaran Das Gupta Speaks About Writing
In Pictures
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15 Mar 2021
In Pictures : The Kumbha Mela of poetry
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31 Dec 2020
In Pictures : Ramazan food trail at Mosque Road
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31 Dec 2020
In Pictures : Gathering of Ganeshas
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30 Dec 2020
In Pictures : When night engulfs the ghats of Benaras
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29 Dec 2020
In Pictures : Broken Spirits - An Art Project on Depression
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29 Dec 2020
In Pictures : Motion – Non motion
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28 Dec 2020
In Pictures : Storytelling at Atta Galatta
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16 Sep 2020
In Pictures : When women marched for change
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29 Aug 2020
In Pictures : Five years of Let Poetry Be
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29 Aug 2020
In Pictures : Chikpete on a Sunday
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28 Aug 2020
In pictures : When seniors drummed their feelings
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28 Aug 2020
In Pictures : Bengaluru's Aero India show, where Sky is the Limit
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26 Aug 2020
In Pictures : Celebrating world's largest street fair dedicated to art
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26 Aug 2020
In Pictures : Last day last show at Rex Theatre, Bengaluru
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14 Aug 2020
Single-screen Theatres of Bangalore: The last remaining frames of a bygone culture
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13 Aug 2020
The post is not just in the past: A pictorial tribute to Bengaluru’s GPO
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26 Jun 2020
In Pictures: 'Our home is becoming a labyrinth,' concept and photography by Farheen Fatima
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21 May 2020
In Pictures : The enigmatic fort of Bhangarh, haunted at nights, welcoming in the day
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24 Mar 2020
In Pictures : Broken Spirits - An Art Project on Depression
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24 Mar 2020
In Pictures : When night engulfs the ghats of Benaras
Essays
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25 May 2021
Homen Borgohain: The Workhorse in the Assamese literary scene
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12 Apr 2021
Go Your Own Way: A brief chronicle of the yesteryear rock scene of Bengaluru
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16 Mar 2021
Benaulim: a triptych set in Goa
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15 Mar 2021
Can you hear the beetle sing?
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31 Dec 2020
The coloniser's language
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31 Dec 2020
A marvel of adaptive reuse and restoration
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31 Dec 2020
A world of intrigue, politics, and art
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30 Dec 2020
Learning nature writing with Stephen Alter
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30 Dec 2020
How America’s farmer poet captures the duality of autumn
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30 Dec 2020
Remembering legendary poet and novelist Nabaneeta Dev Sen
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30 Dec 2020
The forest Goddess in red
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30 Dec 2020
Drawing is a slow-motion version of thought
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30 Dec 2020
The rise and fall of characters in Tolstoy's universe
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30 Dec 2020
Exploring auto-ethnographic performance as research
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29 Dec 2020
An ode to the strongest women characters in popular literature
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29 Dec 2020
The photographer who chased light in shadows
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28 Dec 2020
Is Bhārat Mātā a feminist?
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28 Dec 2020
Boulevard of topee dreams
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23 Dec 2020
On the Aesthetics of Moral Ambiguity
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23 Dec 2020
Watch many shades of Bengaluru, by Thousand Shades of India
Events
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31 Dec 2020
Cabaret, catfights, and social critique
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30 Dec 2020
Matwaala : A poetry festival for the South Asian diaspora
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30 Dec 2020
In the mood for Lavni
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28 Dec 2020
In Pictures : The legend of courtesans
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10 Sep 2020
Enacting a musical maestro’s journey through life
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9 Sep 2020
In Pictures : Authors at Atta Galatta
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6 Sep 2020
In Pictures : When reviewers were reviewed in a workshop
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29 Aug 2020
Butoh – a movement into the self
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29 Aug 2020
When the audience chuckled, dropped their jaws, applauded and wah-wah-ed
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28 Aug 2020
Making Shakespeare relevant for the younger generation
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27 Aug 2020
An unusual interpretation of a killing by Lord Ram
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26 Aug 2020
In Pictures : #ArtistsUniteKarnataka: Resist. Reclaim. Represent
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25 Aug 2020
Dating Cancer at a coffee shop
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23 Aug 2020
Celebrating strong women
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23 Aug 2020
मोहन राकेश का नाटक ‘आधे अधूरे’ : एक अनूठी प्रस्तुति
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22 Aug 2020
An altruistic, public-spirited symphony
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22 Aug 2020
An enchanting evening with dance of the enchantress
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21 Aug 2020
A musical smash to save 170 trees in Indiranagar
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21 Aug 2020
Bloom : Pronounce it like an explosion
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18 Aug 2020
An evening with ghazals and Ghalib
Films & TV
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25 Mar 2021
We need more Panchayats
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31 Dec 2020
Ten biopics of famous creative people
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31 Dec 2020
Greatest Visual Masterpieces : 11 most beautiful Bollywood songs of all times
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31 Dec 2020
Silent rhapsody or silenced womanhood?
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30 Dec 2020
Holding a mirror to our fractured lives in modern times
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30 Dec 2020
Shedding light on the life of Jane Austen
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28 Dec 2020
A nuanced tale of gender identity
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28 Dec 2020
When a good wife turns bad
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28 Dec 2020
Who is to blame for war?
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28 Dec 2020
Of stolen books and haunting eyes
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28 Dec 2020
Not so pretty, after all
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28 Dec 2020
Where do you go when all else fails?
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24 Dec 2020
That Thing About Nostalgia
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22 Dec 2020
Gamak Ghar: Where house is the protagonist
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17 Sep 2020
A depiction of two different lonelinesses
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16 Sep 2020
Framing the frame of a trial
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16 Sep 2020
Reaffirming our belief in the art of cinema
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11 Sep 2020
चलताऊ सुधार शोषण से अधिक खतरनाक होता है
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29 Aug 2020
Relationships are not made in heaven, but this very earth we live in
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28 Aug 2020
A film that stresses on power of good over that of God
Books
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23 May 2021
What makes Vijay Tendulkar's Vultures a nuanced masterpiece
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17 Mar 2021
From Ceylon to Malaya, an epic traversing countries and generations
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16 Mar 2021
A book that offers quietude while focusing on everyday realism
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15 Mar 2021
Silent Spring: Revisiting this 1960s classic during Covid-19
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15 Mar 2021
An epic romance saga with every ingredient for becoming a classic
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15 Mar 2021
Seeing like a Woman Versus Seeing like a Feminist
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15 Mar 2021
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and a Murakami pilgrimage
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15 Mar 2021
A poet's balancing act of being and unbeing
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27 Feb 2021
Looking at Achilles from the eyes of his companion, Patroclus
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31 Dec 2020
A portal to an unknown world
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31 Dec 2020
Storytelling is a rebellion against being silenced
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31 Dec 2020
Eight novels that predict our future
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31 Dec 2020
Into the cartilage of urban reality
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31 Dec 2020
Probing deep into Kaifi Azmi’s poetic landscape
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31 Dec 2020
When stories merge seamlessly like waves
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30 Dec 2020
An obsessive quest into the ordinary mysteries of life
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30 Dec 2020
Setting linguistic conventions on fire
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30 Dec 2020
Being is to exist in the present, moment after moment
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30 Dec 2020
Desire and memory as companions of the mind
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30 Dec 2020
Poems that court risk in both form and content
Fiction & Poetry
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5 May 2021
Perspectives in Poetry: Poetry Mentoring Programme for 14-17 year olds (Applications Open)
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16 Mar 2021
Whispers: A story by Brent Holmes
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16 Mar 2021
Shiny Disco Ball: A story by Shene Bhat
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16 Mar 2021
Treating Paula Abdul: An excerpt from Kiran Bhat's upcoming novel, Girar
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15 Mar 2021
Poetry by Maria Schiza with Photography by Tassos Schizas
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15 Mar 2021
1932: A story by DC Diamondopolous
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15 Mar 2021
"The news / is real, too real": Poetry by William J. Joel
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15 Mar 2021
"Birds chirping, pigeons cooing and / colliding": Poetry by Gopika Nath
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15 Mar 2021
"The oldest music is still form, still silent": Poetry by Charles Wyatt
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15 Mar 2021
"Cricket is a lazy man’s game": Poetry by Vivekanand Selvaraj
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15 Mar 2021
"Bhutia market was a permanent wild pomegranate forest": Poetry by Sekhar Banerjee
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15 Mar 2021
"It all depends on what you wear / beneath": Poetry by Louis Faber
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15 Mar 2021
"The artistry of grief was clearly shown": Poetry by David Harrison Horton
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15 Mar 2021
"A father is not a horse, he never gallops": Poetry by Sawmitra Roy
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15 Mar 2021
"When I was small, / I believed in God like everyone else": Poetry by Krishti Khandelwal
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15 Mar 2021
The Umbrella: A story by Alpa Arora
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15 Mar 2021
Twelve Fait Divers: A story by Kirtana Kumar
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15 Mar 2021
Eye for Ego: A story by Christopher Keast
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15 Mar 2021
The Reason I Left You: A story by Subhadip Majumdar
