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‘Main Waapas Aaunga’ and the Cruelty of Returning Too Late
24 October 2026
‘Main Waapas Aaunga’ and the Cruelty of Returning Too Late
24 October 2026

Partition is not so much a mere plot device in Imtiaz Ali’s Main Waapas Aaunga, but a ghost that continues to haunt the people who survived it—in memories and regrets. By Deepansh Duggal

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24 October 2026
Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026
Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026

Bena Sareen, winner of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, speaks about her latest honour and the “huge responsibility” of designing a memorable literary cover. By Chittajit Mitra

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21 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026

The problematic representation of women in many recent Telugu blockbusters like Peddi and the Pushpa films have stoked controversy. When mainstream commercial cinema consistently turns the sexualisation of women into entertainment, who should be responsible for the world these images help create? By Sumithra Prasanna

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18 October 2026
Golchakkar: Imagining Place in Literature
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 04/04/21 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 04/04/21

Golchakkar: Imagining Place in Literature

Golchakkar Series - The April panel of our virtual literary talk features Anuradha Kumar and Rochelle Potkar: Imaginging Place in Literature.

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Golchakkar: Mother Tongues in a Global Context
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 14/03/21 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 14/03/21

Golchakkar: Mother Tongues in a Global Context

Golchakkar Series - The March panel of our virtual literary talk features Benyamin, Pankhuri Sinha, Ramesh Karthik Nayak, and Neelam Saxena Chandra: Mother Tongues in a Global Context.

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Golchakkar: Indian Dispatches from Europe
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 07/02/21 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 07/02/21

Golchakkar: Indian Dispatches from Europe

Golchakkar Series - The February panel of our virtual literary talk features Sarita Jenamani and Rosalyn D’Mello: Indian Dispatches from Europe.

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Golchakkar: Indian Poetry from the Lockdown
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 18/01/21 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 18/01/21

Golchakkar: Indian Poetry from the Lockdown

Golchakkar Series - The January panel of our virtual literary talk features K.S. Subramanian, Mallika Bhaumik, and Amit Shankar Saha: Indian Poetry from the Lockdown.

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Golchakkar: Experiments in Indian Flash Fiction
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 12/12/20 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 12/12/20

Golchakkar: Experiments in Indian Flash Fiction

The latest panel of Golchakkar Series with Abha Iyengar, Gaurav Monga, and Jose Varghese: Experiments in Indian Flash Fiction.

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Golchakkar: The Non-Indian in Indian Literature
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 15/11/20 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 15/11/20

Golchakkar: The Non-Indian in Indian Literature

The latest panel of Golchakkar Series with Kaushik Barua and Dipika Mukherjee: A conversation about Non-Indian characters from writers of Indian origin; of authenticity, appropriation, cultural anthropology, and more.

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Golchakkar: Open Your Eyes—Poetry’s Response to Climate Change
Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 19/10/20 Literature, Golchakkar The Chakkar 19/10/20

Golchakkar: Open Your Eyes—Poetry’s Response to Climate Change

Contributors to the anthology Open Your Eyes Vinita Agrawal, Gayatri Chawla, Alex Josephy, and Sudeep Sen, join us in a panel for the Golchakkar Series to discuss what it means to use poetry and literature as a response to climate change.

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