How culture filip can fast-forward pandemic recovery

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
On 20 Dec 2020, I wrote an article for the Asian Age on how various governments are supporting their cultural sectors. The article was published
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Shivani’s “Bhairavi: The Runaway”

23 10 , 2020 No Comments
The well-known Hindi writer, Shivani aka Gaura Pant was enormously popular. She was fluent in four languages — Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and English. She also
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“Blood and Oil” by Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck

23 10 , 2020 No Comments
Blood and Oil: Mohammed Bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck is a rivetting account of the Crown Prince
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Hanif Kureishi’s “What Happened?”

22 10 , 2020 No Comments
Hanif Kureishi’s What Happened? is a collection of essays and stories that were published in various literary magazines and newspapers in recent years. The publications
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Geraldine Schwarz’s “Those Who Forget”

19 10 , 2020 No Comments
Those Who Forget by Geraldine Schwarz, published by Pushkin Press. It has been translated from French into English by Laura Marris. It is about Schwarz
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Interview with translator Antony Shugaar

16 10 , 2020 1 Comment
I first came across Antony Shugaar’s work as a translator in the magnificently translated novel, The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati. It has been translated
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“Telephone Tales” by Gianni Rodari

16 10 , 2020 1 Comment
Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari, translated from Italian to English by Antony Shugaar, illustrated by Valerio Vidali and is published by Enchanted Lion Books. It’s
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Interview with French politician, academic and novelist, Erik Orsenna

16 10 , 2020 No Comments
On 8 October 2020, the French Institute of India and the Oxford Bookstores co-hosted a digital book launch. It was for the Tamil edition of
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Interview with photographer, Parul Sharma

14 10 , 2020 No Comments
In June 2020, I came across on social media a series of black and white photographs that were extremely shattering. They were images from the
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Interview with Priya Kuriyan

07 10 , 2020 No Comments
Mental health and related topics are at the best of times taboo subjects in India. To discuss openly about depression amongst teenagers/adolescents is unthinkable. In
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