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Book review: Vikram Seth uses tech to enhance rhythm in Hanuman Chalisa

The short poem, running into just about 100 pages, has been translated with a lot of care and sensitivity keeping in mind what should make the poem more accessible to the readers

Book review: Vikram Seth uses tech to enhance rhythm in Hanuman Chalisa
Updated On : 23 Aug 2024 | 11:42 PM IST

The perfect match

Why is a story set in 1951- shortly after the Partition- being retold in 2020? The legacy of the Partition is acutely felt even today.

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2020 | 2:19 AM IST

Cultural appropriation

It's interesting to juxtapose the debate surrounding the cast of A Suitable Boy with that of another film which premiered at TIFF last year

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Updated On : 18 Sep 2020 | 11:29 PM IST

Normalising totalitarianism

The political context of China that follows the publication of this book is interesting

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Updated On : 31 Jul 2020 | 1:41 AM IST

An unsuitable novel

Not everything can be adapted for TV

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Updated On : 24 Jul 2020 | 12:05 AM IST

How isolation and WFH have deepened our engagement with work and people

Covid-19 and its aftermath are an opportunity to significantly reorient the way we approach work and leisure - and, by extension, life itself.

How isolation and WFH have deepened our engagement with work and people
Updated On : 17 Apr 2020 | 9:03 PM IST

Arundhati, Rushdie make it to BBC's 100 'Novels That Shaped Our World' list

The list has been collated by a panel of writers, curators and critics to select the 100 English language 'Novels That Shaped Our World'

Arundhati, Rushdie make it to BBC's 100 'Novels That Shaped Our World' list
Updated On : 06 Nov 2019 | 10:50 PM IST

BBC One to adapt Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' as its first period drama

Published in 1993, the period coming-of-age story begins in 1951 and is set in India

BBC One to adapt Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' as its first period drama
Updated On : 05 May 2017 | 5:52 PM IST