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Memorialising queer desire

Each poem in Tsolakis’ collection resonates with the present while recalling the past, attempts to exhume the stories of people who bore the cost of being themselves and presents Greek myth-histories, and champions queer ethnography in a way that makes it accessible for people of other cultures to find common expressions in it, transcending all sorts of borders.

17 November 2024, 03:05 IST

Memorialising queer desire

Memorialising queer desire

Memorialising queer desire

17 November 2024, 03:05 IST

Walking a thin line between two worlds

Every choice around and within a novel poses its challenges. This one straddles two disparate worlds and strives to walk that thin line catering to both Indian and American sensibilities.

17 November 2024, 03:02 IST

Walking a thin line between two worlds

Walking a thin line between two worlds

Walking a thin line between two worlds

17 November 2024, 03:02 IST

Mystical cafes and talking cats!

The Full Moon Coffee Shop is a pop-up cafe that runs out of a food truck, and it isn’t a place just anyone can visit. It only appears on a full moon. There is no menu available — one neither orders nor pays.

17 November 2024, 02:59 IST

Mystical cafes and talking cats!

Mystical cafes and talking cats!

Mystical cafes and talking cats!

17 November 2024, 02:59 IST

Tracing the veins of the earth

In Not a River, the river, the island, its woods, insects, fish and ghoulish birds, have a life of their own.

17 November 2024, 02:56 IST

Tracing the veins of the earth

Tracing the veins of the earth

Tracing the veins of the earth

17 November 2024, 02:56 IST

Five books to read on National Press Day

Some essential reads for journalism buffs.

15 November 2024, 02:01 IST

Five books to read on National Press Day

Five books to read on National Press Day

Five books to read on National Press Day

15 November 2024, 02:01 IST

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

Naipaul was awarded the Nobel in 2001. In awarding him the prize, the Swedish Academy praised him for 'having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories'.

10 November 2024, 09:08 IST

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

'Every October, we hoped Nobel committee would announce prize for Vidia': Naipaul's sister in memoir

10 November 2024, 09:08 IST

Read of the Week (Nov 10 to Nov 16)

Over two centuries have passed since his death on 4 May 1799, yet Tipu Sultan’s contested legacy continues to perplex India and her contemporary politics.

09 November 2024, 22:25 IST

Read of the Week (Nov 10 to Nov 16)

Read of the Week (Nov 10 to Nov 16)

Read of the Week (Nov 10 to Nov 16)

09 November 2024, 22:25 IST

The story of ancient Egypt's power women

In his book Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens Of Egypt, famed historian Lloyd Llewellyn Jones tells the dramatic story of these seven incomparable women, vividly tracing the kingdom’s final centuries before it fell to Rome.

09 November 2024, 22:20 IST

The story of ancient Egypt's power women

The story of ancient Egypt's power women

The story of ancient Egypt's power women

09 November 2024, 22:20 IST

From the land of multiple truths...

Eschewing linguistic embellishments for a straightforward narrative, Sabharwal outlines how “peace in J&K was undermined by five interconnected forces”— troubled Pakistan, Cold War geopolitics, radical Islam, fraught federalism, and separatist politics.

09 November 2024, 22:16 IST

From the land of multiple truths...

From the land of multiple truths...

From the land of multiple truths...

09 November 2024, 22:16 IST

A case of anecdotes without analysis

There is a kind of narrative and popular history writing that is best described as ‘fly on the wall’.

09 November 2024, 22:07 IST

A case of anecdotes without analysis

A case of anecdotes without analysis

A case of anecdotes without analysis

09 November 2024, 22:07 IST