Making a Show: The Black Money Bill

Gopikrishnan Kottoor

Since the 1960s, contemporary Indian poetry in English has been in a pathetic and moribund state.

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A Gilded Life

Anu Kumar

The history of gold hunting in New Zealand is replete with the little-known story of a gold-digger with an Indian connection.

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Talking Literature

Laltu

The Bangalore Literature Festival turned out to be a forum for pleas for a post-national south Asia structure.

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Curtains of Change

Renu Ramanath

Contemporary theatre in Kerala is being shaken up by a bunch of new directors who display a fresh sensibility.

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Last Lines

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Not Quite Checkmated Yet

Arvind Aaron

Despite his recent loss to Magnus Carlsen, chess maestro Viswanathan Anand could well bounce back quickly.

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Setting Women Free

Lakshmi Kannan

As a revolutionary political thinker, Buddha’s teachings stress women’s potential for spirituality, enlightenment and equality.

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From the Bunkers

Priyanka Borpujari

Videos of the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka provide evidence of brutality and injustice.

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Some Lows, Many Highs

Shoma Sen

Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland is intellectually and emotionally captivating, even though some elements in the plot seem unconvincing.

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Handle With Care

Jerry Pinto

Most literary festivals in India fail to bridge the missing synapses between the writer and the reader.

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Last Lines

Vol. 48, Issue No. 48, 30 Nov, 2013

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