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Literature
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Non-Fiction
Nanu
The first time I saw my nanu was when I was seven years old. Actually, strictly speaking that's not true.
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Talking with India's premier literary agent
Writing, publishing and selling books today is a complex affair increasingly ordered by the corporate world and its rules, which can flummox even established writers, never mind beginners.
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Rabindranath's Shey: Hearing Hamlet
In his fluent introduction to this translation of Shey by Rabindranath, Shankha Ghosh writes that in his diary entry of 15 February 1925, Rabindranath wrote that "Last night, I had finished dinner and
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How Happily Once...
How happily once we village youths
Would spend our days, Hindus and Muslims,
Singing Baul and Ghetu songs all together!
The monsoons were the time of Ghazi songs
Sung joyously, colorfully,
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