Weekly reading: JCB Longlist, Akshay Mukul's biography of Agyeya, reviews, excerpts, and more

  • 6 Sep, 2022

Cyrus Mistry (1968-2022): How the outsider was chosen to lead the Tata Group when Rata Tata retired

Mistry, who died in a car crash on Sunday, had an acrimonious falling out with the group later.

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‘Spirit Nights’: Easterine Kire uses a fable to tell a magical and complex tale of the real world

Despite its fast pace, ‘Spirit Nights’ is not a story told in broad strokes.

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JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Longlisted authors and translators talk about their nominated books

The ten authors and six translators longlisted for the award talked to Scroll.in about their writing and reading practices.

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‘Tears of the Begums’ is an elegant translation of harrowing testimonies following the 1857 revolt

Originally published in 1944 in Urdu as ‘Begumat ke Aansoo’ by Khwaja Hasan Nizami, the book has been translated into English by Rana Safvi.

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Dalit Lekhak Sangh turns 25, shows how Dalit literature could be a radical preamble to a New India

Writers and poets reflected on the legacy of Dalit literature, its transformation into a vehicle of critical consciousness, and its expansive future.

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A young man who finds fame in early 20th century Bombay is the star of this new novel

An excerpt from ‘The Secret of More,’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm.

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How a researcher found, almost accidentally, the first modern Indian treatise on government

Rahul Sagar’s painstaking search had all but ended when he suddenly made his discovery of T Madhava Rao’s manuscript.

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Anees Salim’s newest novel is set in Paradise Lodge, a hotel where people come to die

An excerpt from ‘The Bellboy,’ by Anees Salim.

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Interview: Akshaya Mukul on why Hindi modernist writer ‘Agyeya’ is still relevant

A discussion about ‘Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya’.

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Jerry Pinto’s new novel is an ode to friendship, sexual and political awakening in 1980s’ Mumbai

An excerpt from ‘The Education of Yuri’.

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