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Devapriya Roy
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‘A Suitable Boy’: Meet the characters in Vikram Seth’s novel whom you will see on the show
A quick guide to the women and men whom viewers will encounter on Mira Nair’s adaptation of the novel for the BBC.
Devapriya Roy
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What can happen when old friends and lovers from college reunite two decades later? Ask this novel
Introducing the flaneur/filmmaker from Devapriya Roy’s novel ‘Friends From College’, in which lapsed relationships get a fresh chance.
Devapriya Roy
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In her new novel, poet Tishani Doshi builds a miniature world that looks like a feminist utopia
Crafted in a quiet, first-person narrative, Tishani Doshi’s ‘Small Days and Nights’ examines the possibility of inventing a new kind of existence.
Devapriya Roy
Trending
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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‘One of the greatest statesmen’: When Canada celebrated an Indian prime minister’s visit
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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View from the Margins: A Miya poet on how Hindutva's rise has scarred his community
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Women’s Day: Eight books that talk of being a woman in India, circa 2019
They have nothing in common besides the authenticity of their voices.
Devapriya Roy
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Nayantara Sahgal on #MeToo: ‘In a democracy, no citizen is guilty because someone said so’
The writer explains why she has decided not to accept invitations to literary festivals that have placed a blanket ban on men named by the movement.
Devapriya Roy
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A graphic novel recreates how a young Priyanka Gandhi viewed her Prime Minister grandmother Indira
The last chapter of Devapriya Roy and Priya Kurien’s ‘Indira’ pictures Priyanka Gandhi’s perspective.
Devapriya Roy & Priya Kuriyan
Video
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Two courageous women: Namita Gokhale talks about her new books on Radha and Ra’ana Liaqat Ali
An interview with the author and editor who is also the co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Devapriya Roy
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How the World Book Fair brought up a writer’s memories (and the desire for Toni Morrison’s books)
As a writer looks back to 2006, a photo tour of the World Book Fair 2019 in Delhi shows us what the latest version looks like.
Devapriya Roy & Sambit Dattachaudhuri
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Neelesh Misra’s universe of rural imagination does not travel well from radio to a book
They were wonderful to listen to, but the stories written by Misra’s ‘mandali’ lose their charm on the page and in translation.
Devapriya Roy
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Being young and very rich in urban Pakistan can be heartbreaking too, shows this debut novel
More than individual lives, it’s Lahore and its urbane society that star in Nadia Akbar’s ‘Goodbye Freddie Mercury’.
Devapriya Roy
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There’s much more to Reham Khan’s memoir than Imran Khan’s scandals
But the writer is a little too intent on destroying her famous ex-husband.
Devapriya Roy
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Writer’s choice: Ngugi wa Thiong’o recommends seven novels from Africa that you must read
When you need to look beyond Chinua Achebe and Naguib Mahfouz.
Devapriya Roy
The Field
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Football: Odisha FC to compete in the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals