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‘Muslims can never overtake the Hindus’

Former chief election commissioner and opinion-maker DR SY QURAISHI, through his book – The Population Myth:Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India (Harper Collins, Rs 499, 336 pages) – evaluates India’s demographics from a religious perspective, to bust myths of a skew towards any particular religion. He talks to SAURABH TANKHA about politics over population, […]Read More

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TOP 5 SPECULATIVE FICTION BOOKS TO READ

Team L&M As a genre, speculative fiction, has created a place for itself in the book reading market. It is an umbrella genre that encompasses the sub-genres of the fiction category. While there is still an ongoing debate about its clear definition, the genre is constantly evolving and will witness an increase in preference by […]Read More

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A good storyteller must love listening to stories

Noted author, journalist, translator and theatre critic SHANTA GOKHALE recently translated Shyamchi Aai (Puffin Classics), considered to be the greatest tribute to mother’s love in Marathi literature. The octogenarian writer talks to SAURABH TANKHA about transformations in theatre over the last six decades, the most difficult part of artistic process, the role her mother played […]Read More

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You can be ordinary and still do outstanding work

Former journalist-turned-social entrepreneur BISWAJIT JHA talks to SAURABH TANKHA about what made him choose tea garden labourer Karimul Hak as the protagonist for his debut novel, Bike Ambulance Dada (Penguin Random House India). When did it occur to you that the story of Karimul Hak should reach out to people in the form of a […]Read More

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