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Book Lists

Award-winning Indian Books of 2019

There are the really big book awards. We know the Booker prize, we know the Nobel, the Pulitzer. Closer home, any list of award-winning Indian

Jessica Joshi April 3, 2020

Book Lists

Valentine’s Special: Love stories with a twist

We love love. After all, what is more uplifting, more exalting and more inspiring than this wonderful emotion? But love comes to us in myriad

Sneha Pathak February 11, 2020

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Online Courses for Bibliophiles and Wordsmiths

Always wanted to write? Study the classics? Understand culture? But don’t want to return to college? We feel you. The subjects in the humanities hold

Akhila Menon May 10, 2019

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Going Places: Exploring India in Books

We love books (duh!). They take us to new places, or at least give us fresh eyes to view the places we have been to.

Sneha Pathak April 22, 2019

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Indian historical fiction: Must-read novels

“Fiction is the lie which tells the truth” History has always held an inexplicable sway over the reader. The far off time and setting, the

Sneha Pathak March 22, 2019

News

The Really Big List of Award-Winning Indian Novels of 2018

Some new names and some old, some popular choices and some critically-loved. 2018 was an exciting year for Indian literature, a time when the reading,

Prakruti Maniar January 10, 2019

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A ray of hope: Poetry trends in Calcutta

English poetry in Kolkata found itself blooming frutifully in the 1950s, often called the ‘transitional decade’. Romantic poetry then was represented by Toru Dutt and

Moinak Dutta December 29, 2018