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TopicJ.K. Rowling

Topic: J.K. Rowling

You come for Fantastic Beasts 3 but stay for Hogwarts — it’s only for Potterheads

Nidhima Taneja -
Unlike 'Harry Potter' films that had Rowling's books to rely upon, Fantastic Beasts 3 was written for the screen. That was its ultimate test.

Why Nigerian author Adichie’s essay attacking woke and cancel culture has courted controversy

Shubhangi Misra -
Adichie's essay written in response to a social media trial that called her a 'transphobe' and 'trans exclusionary radical feminist' has been redacted, but it drew widespread attention.

How ‘cancel culture’ has turned liberals against each other and is rocking newsrooms

ThePrint Team -
In episode 523 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the controversy surrounding the Harper's Magazine letter, NYT editor Bari Weiss' resignation & growing trend of cancel culture.

‘Feel like more of a woman when you punch down?’ — JK Rowling faces ire for anti-trans tweets

Bismee Taskin -
Harry Potter author JK Rowling reinvoked the sex v/s gender debate after she implied that only 'women' menstruated.

J.K. Rowling releases first two chapters of her new book ‘The Ickabog’ online for free

Unnati Sharma -
The author said the book is a story about ‘truth and the abuse of power’ and she began working on it ‘in fits and starts’ between Harry Potter books. 

Daniel Radcliffe, Eddie Redmayne, Beckham bring Hogwarts home with Harry Potter readings

Revathi Krishnan -
Actor Daniel Radcliffe kicked off the #HarryPotterAtHome initiative by reading the first chapter of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.

A Himalayan village under Rowling’s spell after writer replies to young fan’s wish to meet her

Rahiba R. Parveen -
A write-up by Kulsum Banoo Batt about her desire to meet Rowling was shared on Twitter by her teachers and caught the author’s attention. New...

He may be The Boy Who Lived, but Harry Potter is actually more about death

J. Andrew Deman -
This theme at the core of Rowling’s wizarding world speaks directly to a universal human reality: The struggle to come to terms with our mortalit

GLOBAL PULSE: Americans are not winning in Afghanistan, punishing nations that don’t take refugees and being blocked by Trump

ThePrint Team -
FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN WITHOUT A STRATEGY US Defense Secretary James Mattis made an alarming admission: “We are not winning in Afghanistan right now.”

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Opinion

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Pia Krishnankutty -
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

‘Sonia wouldn’t become PM’—Congress ‘whisper campaign’ that denied PC Alexander President post

Stop asking fans to explain why they like Taylor Swift. Belittling Swifties reeks of sexism

Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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