Literary debates
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VS Naipaul, Nissim Ezekiel and a forgotten literary debate on post-independence Indian identity
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Digital technologies make ancient manuscripts more accessible, but there are risks and losses too
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Italy’s far-right claim ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – but they’ve misread JRR Tolkien’s message
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Reading Tulsidas in the age of Hindutva
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How autofiction turns the personal into the political
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Akwaeke Emezi: Ignore the noise, pay attention to the conversation
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Why has Chimamanda Adichie’s essay on social media culture sparked a controversy?
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Rejoinder: Writer David Shulman refutes R Azhagarsan’s criticism of his ‘Tamil: A Biography’
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‘Come see the world beyond Persian carpets’: What Ismat Chughtai told Qurratulain Hyder
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Human rights and environment are our priority: Vedanta reacts to London lit fest controversy
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JLF Southbank: By ignoring boycott call, writers may have missed out on powerful stories of dissent
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Boycott or speak up? Vedanta-sponsored litfest makes writers ask themselves difficult questions
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Many of the world’s best writers aren’t in love with nationalism (but some are)
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The Perils of Nativism: An essay by Vilas Sarang (1942-2015)