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Book Review: 17-Year-Old’s First Book is a Brave Takedown of Privilege [Quint]
Try wandering up the teen section of a bookstore, and all you are going to find is romance, thriller, fantasy or any combination of these fiction...
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‘Dushman’ Director Tanuja Chandra’s ‘Bijnis Woman’ is Delightful [Quint]
It’s been 22 years that I heard the story of Lallan bhaiya from my nani in Bareilly, but I still remember every word of it. Lallan...
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Beyond the Mahabharata You Know: Iyengar Imagines a Life, After [Quint]
It was my grandmother who first introduced me to the story of Ashwatthama, the son of Guru Dronacharya in Mahabharata. “He had a gift of immortality...
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What Makes an Indian Bestseller? Secrets Beyond Chetan Bhagat & Co [Quint]
I had only been four months into the launch of my first novel, The Recession Groom, when my aunt said to me: “Ah, you must have...
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Will Indian fantasy writers ever look beyond the religious epics? [Scroll]
In India, an ever-growing group of writers is in perpetual search of the bestselling template. And yet, when it comes to fantasy, none of them appears...
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