Curating and organising a lit-fest is no mean task, especially if the organiser is a residents’ association of 320-odd members, without huge funds or an army of volunteers. Come February 23, when the curtains go up on the second edition of Festival of Thought, Thripunithura’s Kottakkakam Residents’ Association (KRA) would have pulled it off twice. This […]
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Matriarchs and ancestral homes are never far away from creative spaces when writers from Kerala spin stories. This time it is army officer-turned-author Sajita Nair who has centred her latest novel, The Grande Matriarch of Malabar, on a matriarch and her complex relationship with her tharavadu (ancestral house). Of ancestral homes One of the first women to […]
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Like most self-help books, The Golden Years comes with an impressive subtitle — The Many Joys of Living a Good Long Life. In this case, however, the author is speaking from a wealth of experience. About 89 years of experience, to be precise. The slim volume, which was released by publisher HarperCollins on May 19 […]
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Folks, I must congratulate myself for writing this article. Not only because no one else will but also, because I’m suffering from the same problem all Indian writers in English suffer from: It’s too damn hot. Writing in India must now be accepted as a form of cardio. Let me warn you if water loss […]
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The artist on why she wanted the photobook, which explores anecdotes of a past that continues within still frames, to feel like a cheap paperback novel The artist on why she wanted the photobook, which explores anecdotes of a past that continues within still frames, to feel like a cheap paperback novel Visual artist, bookmaker, […]
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These guidelines aim to help State governments and universities frame appropriate rules and policies These guidelines aim to help State governments and universities frame appropriate rules and policies The University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised guidelines for transforming colleges and universities into multidisciplinary institutions and has prescribed three different approaches which include “clustering” of establishments […]
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Anupama Raju’s C, A Novel, a mix of prose and verse, dwells on the travails of an author and her relationship with people and places Anupama Raju’s C, A Novel, a mix of prose and verse, dwells on the travails of an author and her relationship with people and places When a poet writes a […]
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Karnad spoke about his life as a writer and cultural administrator, his accidental foray into cinema and the state of Kannada literature Karnad spoke about his life as a writer and cultural administrator, his accidental foray into cinema and the state of Kannada literature It is a late summer evening; the playwright is sitting near […]
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