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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Literature

Award from ‘anti-art’ state? No, thanks. Poet Ashu Lal refuses Pakistan’s top literary prize

Poet Ashu Lal says Pakistan Academy of Letters’ top literary award is 'politically motivated'. But his affiliation with opposition PPP is well known.

No resources or publishing rights: Why international readers are missing Indian translations

The British Council and Art X Company study says international publishers tend to reject stories that don't conform to their stereotypical idea of India.

Translations in Indian languages gaining momentum. But we lack access to regional non-fiction

Indians have natural 'translation consciousness.' But there is a gap in accessing non-fiction from regional languages.

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Swedish Academy said the award is in recognition of his 'uncompromising and compassionate' penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf.

Salman Rushdie on Substack is either killing the novel or taking it back to its birth

It is not surprising that authors such as Patti Smith and Scott Snyder and a host of comic book authors from Marvel and DC have also entered Substack.

The real crisis in Indian literature is the translation pyramid. Bangla sits at the top

The debate around Indian translation is not just about cultural loss, it's the role languages play in the field of translation & the hierarchy they fall under.

Traditional book reviews are dead. ‘Bookstagrammers’ are killing it one post at a time

Photo captions, emoji and star ratings — millennials are disrupting book reviews on Instagram.

Poirot turns 100 — the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart

Poirot was so loved by readers that Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays, and more than 50 short stories about him between 1921 and 1975.

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Louise joins only a few American poets who have received the prize, which has been dominated by novelists through its 112-year history.

Are you anti-national, seditious, or simply inconvenient? Your bookshelf holds the answer

Indians today should ditch the books that Sharjeel Imam, Akhil Gogoi, Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar read and stick to Chetan Bhagat.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.