Books
In ‘The Drone Eats with Me,’ Reader Between Surveillor and Surveilled
Reading anyone’s diaries, Raph Cormack writes, carries with it a prurient fascination. But Atef Abu Saif’s self-translated The Drone Eats with Me: Diaries from a ……Read More
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Book Review: Divya Dutta’s Me & Ma – Celebrating Zindagi
Time and again, one does see a celebrity come up with an autobiography, or someone else do a biography of him/her. As a matter of ……Read More
Daily Life
Apology Issued Over Best Picture Oscar Mix-Up
Update, 7 a.m.: PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm which oversees Oscar ballots, has issued a statement about last night’s Best Picture gaffe. “We sincerely apologize to ……Read More
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Book Review: Shubhra Gupta’s 50 Films That Changed Bollywood (1995-2015)
A review from the past, followed by the retrospective of how the film has actually contributed to the changing face of Bollywood – This is ……Read More
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Women and Arabic Literature: News from Cairo and Casablanca
“Serious” literature is, in most languages, a male-dominated business. Literary works translated into English have hovered around a 70-30 split: Exotic and kitchsy? This ……Read More
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Oscar Red Carpet Has Changed So Much In 10 Years
It’s hard to believe that 2007 was a full 10 years ago. We know what you’re thinking: Wait, that was 10 years ago? While it ……Read More