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We cannot talk about Indian literature without talking about its rich, impossible-to-capture, and all-fascinating canon of folktales. We bring together folktales from across nooks of India to show you how fascinating, and fundamentally shared, our cultural heritage is. Bonus points, you get to read amazing tales filled with magic and myth, virtue and vice, and absolute wonder.
“You should have seen them scrambling for his presents – all except Mr. Kips – he had to go to the lavatory first to vomit.
Instruments of Torture: Stories is Aparna Sanyal’s debut work of fiction. In eight stories, torture devices from medieval times are employed as metaphorical tools to
Indian literature has a rich tradition of dramas and plays through the centuries. With strong oral traditions, stories were seen and heard, and not read.
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Indian literature has a rich tradition of dramas and plays through the centuries. With strong oral traditions, stories were seen and heard, and not read.
As they say (or should say, if they don’t), everything starts from the page. Almost every movie has its inception through a screenplay (or a
Amritesh Mukherjee curates a list of Indian actors who became authors for your TBR. You often see artists switching mediums, an actor becoming a producer,
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Literary awards in India are not limited to Sahitya Akademi Awards or JCB Literary Prize. For even though they are prestigious honours, regional languages often
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