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Beyond imperial arrogance or nationalist resentment lies India's capacity to use English to reinventThomas Babington Macaulay envisioned a class of Indian interpreters to aid British rule. Instead, India produced a global intelligentsia of...- There is a drought, but people are still happy to watch cricket: Amitav GhoshAmitav Ghosh on his many concerns — migration, climate change, metamorphosis of words and the power of stories — that telescope in his new ...
- DA case: Supreme Court verdict may hit Sasikala's plansUnder the law, conviction in a case where the jail sentence is more than two years disqualifies a person from holding an elected office for...
- Ishrat Jahan case: SC rejects PIL to give immunity to copsIt also rejected the plea for perjury proceedings against former home minister P Chidambaram, based on recent disclosures made by David Hea...
- Rising intolerance in India is alarming: Saad Z HossainHossain said that the more alarming thing is that the government isn't refuting the intolerant views being bandied about.
- Awards launched: Intolerance to dominate this year's Bangalore Literature FestivalIntroduction of literary awards in three categories -fiction, nonfiction and literary achievement in Kannada -will be the other highlight.
- Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh appeal to Bangladesh government over bloggers' killingMore than 150 writers from around the world, including Mumbai-born Rushdie - whose work has angered Muslims around the world, have expresse...
- PIL demands CBI probe into Asaram Bapu caseA PIL was today filed in Rajasthan High Court seeking a CBI probe into the allegations of sexual exploitation against self- styled godman A...
- I believe in the first five pages: David Godwin"I look for very distinctive voices. And good stories, of course, but it is the voice for me that is the most important thing in a new book...
- CPI(M) in West Bengal replaces two of its district chiefs to revive the partyPanchayat elections are scheduled to be held in 2013, but political parties here feel that chief minister Mamata Banerjee might hold the po...
- Indian publishers book new jobsThe revolving doors of the Rs 8,000-crore English book publishing business are spinning like a roulette wheel, with people coming and going...
- 'What is forgotten is not accidental'In an interview with ET, Amitav Ghosh explains how American hegemony in the guise of moral rhetoric was one of the triggers for the novel. ...
- Spotlight on Indian writers at Paris book fairWith Indian writers reaping awards and topping best-seller lists worldwide, this year's Paris book fair is putting the spotlight on the cou...
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