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Bharathiraja: The Angry, Generous Genius Who Changed Tamil Cinema
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (520+ words) Published: Jun 10, 2026 19: 34 IST In 2011, I invited Bharathiraja to preside over the Vishnupuram Literary Award ceremony held in Coimbatore. He requested certain arrangements: accommodation in a five-star hotel, flight from Bangalore, and car from Coimbatore to Theni. We agreed to all…...
How a morning walk uncovered Palakkad's hidden history - Frontline
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (258+ words) Published: Jun 10, 2026 08: 56 IST Moreover, I was a birder, and a butterfly and a dragonfly enthusiast, and it was a treat to immerse myself in the sights and sounds of a landscape that was relatively new to me. The camera was…...
New Books on the Shelves: Matt Haig on Ageing, Misinformation in India, and the Politics of Bengali Sweets
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (337+ words) Published: Jun 10, 2026 12: 00 IST - 3 MINS READ The latest novel from the author of the bestselling The Midnight Library is about second chances, or their lack. A tender meditation on ageing and memory, it is meant to offer succour in difficult times....
Taiwan Travelogue review: Friendship under a colonial shadow
16+ hour, 44+ min ago (179+ words) Published: Jun 10, 2026 08: 53 IST But the illusion extends far beyond the title page. An introduction, translator's note, afterword, and other paratextual elements encourage readers to believe that Aoyama and her work actually exist, dissolving the boundary between fiction and literary history....
Amin Jaffer on India's Venice Biennale Pavilion and Home
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (662+ words) Published: Jun 10, 2026 11: 05 IST - 9 MINS READ In an interview with'Frontline, Jaffer explained how India stands on its own at one of the biggest art events in the world, how he arrived at the chosen theme, and its relevance in a global…...
Falah Faisal's Musalman turns satire into superpower
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (101+ words) Published: Jun 09, 2026 23: 23 IST - 6 MINS READ Musalman's arch enemy is Ravan, who rises from his epic slumber to destroy mosques and Muslim monuments. He stops the rampage the moment he discovers that Musalman is a Siva'bhakt'too, which means both can get…...
Literary Masks Unveiled
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (875+ words) Frontline Magazine He said, she said The memoirs of an iconic Hindi writer couple expose an unequal partnership: Rajendra Yadav's text glorifies his creative freedom, while Mannu Bhandari's counter-narrative lays bare the hidden labour behind it. Published: Jun 09, 2026 20: 41 IST - 9 MINS…...
Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Vision: Tracking Cosmopolitanism, Art, and Education in Uma Das Gupta's Historical Study - Frontline
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (327+ words) Published: Jun 09, 2026 21: 09 IST - 10 MINS READ Tagore's work at Santiniketan, which he began in 1901 as part of his "experiment, can also be seen in parallel with his writings collected in'Sadhana: The Realisation of Life'(1913). In his introduction to'Sadhana, Tagore notes that…...
Cannes 2026: Rakan Mayasi on Patriarchy and Tradition in Lebanon
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (403+ words) Published: Jun 09, 2026 18: 13 IST - 8 MINS READ Palestinian director Rakan Mayasi's feature debut, Yesterday the Eye Didn't Sleep, was screened at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Drawing from his own family history, Mayasi's film explores…...
A Remarkable Tamil Woman
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (448+ words) Published: Jun 09, 2026 17: 03 IST - 8 MINS READ "Every individual's life is given daily problems which, in solving, we may come across the solution to the riddle of life itself. Pankajam, 1949. Kalpana Karunakaran's memoir about the life of her maternal grandmother Pankajam (19112007) is…...