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Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma
4 days, 7 hours ago

Gayathri Vibhavari’s raga essays were steeped in manodharma

The Hindu  

Gayathri Vibhavari is a young talent good at both playing the violin and singing. Gayathri started her concert with a shloka on Saraswathi in Saraswathi raga before singing her first kriti ‘Gopalaka pahimam anisham’ by Swati Tirunal. The next kriti in Purvikalyani ‘Gnanamosaga’ shone the spotlight on violinist Sivateja, who established the raga right from the start. Next came Muthaiah …

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Japanese Americans’ pain over their mass incarceration has been minimized. New essays let them speak
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Japanese Americans’ pain over their mass incarceration has been minimized. New essays let them speak

LA Times  

Book review The Afterlife Is Letting Go By Brandon Shimoda City Lights Books: 232 pages, $17.95 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Fourth-generation Japanese American poet Brandon Shimoda’s “The Afterlife Is Letting Go,” a well-researched, intriguing essay collection, reappraises not only the official narratives but …

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Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world

NPR  

Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world Penguin Random House If, you, too, have been intensely concentrating on the presidential election, you may be ready for a shift of focus. Rundell begins her book with an epigraph from an author whose reputation is itself approaching extinction: the British essayist and mystery writer, G.K. …

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Freud's Legacy: A Diverse Exploration Through the Lens of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Freud's Legacy: A Diverse Exploration Through the Lens of Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Hindustan Times  

On the Couch is a noteworthy contribution to the ongoing discussion about Sigmund Freud. The anthology features 25 writers from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, each offering their unique analysis of Freud's life and work. The essays are insightful, thought-provoking, and offer new pathways into thinking about Freud today. While some essays criticize Freud's theories and approach to case studies, others …

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Preserving the Legacy: K.G. Subramanyan's Enduring Impact on Indian Culture
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Preserving the Legacy: K.G. Subramanyan's Enduring Impact on Indian Culture

The Hindu  

The article celebrates the enduring legacy of K.G. Subramanyan, a renowned art critic and cultural commentator. The essays in the collection raise critical questions about the role of art in contemporary India, exploring themes such as the meaning of culture, the impact of commercialization, and the importance of preserving traditional art forms. The collection also examines the relationship between art …

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Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war
2 months, 1 week ago

Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war

NPR  

Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. This still doesn't mean that when I stay awake at my bed at night and close my eyes that I always see myself living my entire life …

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Turning to essays, Edwidge Danticat makes shrewd use of the form
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Turning to essays, Edwidge Danticat makes shrewd use of the form

LA Times  

Book Review We're Alone: Essays By Edwidge Danticat Graywolf: 192 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. “We’re Alone,” a collection of eight short essays by the celebrated Haitian American novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat, exemplifies that achievement. Readers who have appreciated …

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Getting Ready for the Essay and Optional Papers After Completing GS in Abhyaas 2024
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Getting Ready for the Essay and Optional Papers After Completing GS in Abhyaas 2024

Hindustan Times  

As the UPSC Mains 2024 approaches, thousands of dedicated aspirants across the country have successfully participated in the GS Papers I-IV of the Abhyaas Mains Mock Test Series 2024, held on 24th and 25th August. The Abhyaas Experience: A Crucial Milestone in UPSC Preparation Abhyaas Mains Test Series is recognized as the largest exercise outside the actual UPSC Mains. Leveraging …

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How Ranjit Hoskote’s Essays on Gieve Patel Reflect the Pitfalls of Overanalysing Art and Straying from its Core.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Ranjit Hoskote’s Essays on Gieve Patel Reflect the Pitfalls of Overanalysing Art and Straying from its Core.

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2024 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ You are looking at a painting, say Gieve Patel’s Crows With A Debris —two crows are pecking at the remains of an animal flattened and decapitated by the tyre of a car or bike; the tyre mark is embossed on the grey surface of the tarred road, the grooves …

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The Hindu on Books newsletter | Alice Munro’s stories, ‘Kairos’ and the Booker shortlist, election reading and more
7 months ago

The Hindu on Books newsletter | Alice Munro’s stories, ‘Kairos’ and the Booker shortlist, election reading and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Books of the week Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann, and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, is a remarkable blend of “love and politics”, played out in the backdrop of a tangible barrier – the Berlin Wall. Some of the books she mentions are …

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Tiffany Haddish promotes new book of essays with hilarious interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiffany Haddish promotes new book of essays with hilarious interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Daily Mail  

Tiffany Haddish promoted her new book of essays with a hilarious interview on Tuesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Tiffany Haddish promoted her new book of essays with a hilarious interview on Tuesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS Tiffany said when she sees negative commentary coming towards her that she knows the …

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Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships

Associated Press  

Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? As little kids, their older relatives used to call them Snow White and Rose Red after the Grimm’s fairy tale, “two sisters who are not rivals or foils, but simply love each other.” That simple, uncomplicated love would become the template for a series of subsequent relationships with girls …

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‘Disability Intimacy’ starts a long-overdue conversation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Disability Intimacy’ starts a long-overdue conversation

LA Times  

Book Review Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Edited by Alice Wong Vintage: 384 pages, $19 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. These are the questions at the heart of “Disability Intimacy,” a new book of essays and ephemera collected by the San …

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BOOK REVIEW Food Journey is very different from the gushing food books that come out every second day
8 months ago

BOOK REVIEW Food Journey is very different from the gushing food books that come out every second day

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 18, 2024 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ I usually look askance at books on food and cookery, which seem to be the publisher’s favourite genre these days. In my experience, most of these books peg themselves on the lazy nostalgia of privilege, exoticise everyday dishes as “authentically local”, and, more often than not, present impractical recipes, …

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Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. “And I’m just like, this doesn’t really say anything about me as a person.” When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in higher education, it left the college essay as one of few places where race can play a …

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Should college essays touch on race? Some say affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Should college essays touch on race? Some say affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice

LA Times  

Hillary Amofa, a senior at Chicago’s Lincoln Park High School, says she was ambivalent about broaching the subject of race in her college application essay. “And I’m just like, this doesn’t really say anything about me as a person.” When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in higher education, it left the college essay as one of few places where …

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Rising-star author Anthony Veasna So died at 28. Now you can read his unfinished novel
1 year ago

Rising-star author Anthony Veasna So died at 28. Now you can read his unfinished novel

LA Times  

Review Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes By Anthony Veasna So Ecco: 240 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. “Comedy and its epistemological relation to trauma theory” is the proposed dissertation topic of one of the characters in Anthony Veasna So ’s …

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Inside JLF 2023 and the Kolkata Literary Meet, ‘Carpet saab’ and more
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside JLF 2023 and the Kolkata Literary Meet, ‘Carpet saab’ and more

The Hindu  

January 31, 2023 04:08 pm | Updated February 01, 2023 09:31 am IST Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. January saw a host of literary festivals in Kerala, Jaipur and Kolkata, and we bring a lowdown from JLF 2023 and the Kolkata Literary Meet; we had featured the Kerala festival last week. “It was liberating for …

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US students wax lyrical about China in book
1 year, 2 months ago

US students wax lyrical about China in book

China Daily  

CHICAGO — Years after returning from China, where he and his parents lived for four years, Hugh Shepard still remembers his life in Beijing vividly. Shepard's experience in China is included in West Meets East: 100 Essays from University Students in the United States, a book that contains the experiences of students studying Chinese and which was published by the …

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US students wax lyrical about China in book
1 year, 2 months ago

US students wax lyrical about China in book

China Daily  

CHICAGO — Years after returning from China, where he and his parents lived for four years, Hugh Shepard still remembers his life in Beijing vividly. Shepard's experience in China is included in West Meets East: 100 Essays from University Students in the United States, a book that contains the experiences of students studying Chinese and which was published by the …

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A Hong Kong language group shuts down after police allege one of its essays breached security laws
1 year, 3 months ago

A Hong Kong language group shuts down after police allege one of its essays breached security laws

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A group that promotes the Cantonese language shut down Monday after Hong Kong authorities said a fictional essay depicting a decline in liberties in the city on the group’s website violated the national security law, in the latest example of the city’s erosion of freedom of expression. After Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong …

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From Barbie to MAGA, Jill Lepore’s essays bring the past into the harrowing present
1 year, 3 months ago

From Barbie to MAGA, Jill Lepore’s essays bring the past into the harrowing present

LA Times  

Jill Lepore is a leading American historian who also happens to be a leading American writer, as evidenced by her latest essay collection, “The Deadline.” Review The Deadline: Essays By Jill Lepore Liveright: 640 pages, $45 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Lepore’s latest, “ …

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Review of Tenzin Dickie’s The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays: The tragedy of exile
1 year, 4 months ago

Review of Tenzin Dickie’s The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays: The tragedy of exile

The Hindu  

Tibet, high on the plateau, has always seemed far away in the imagination. In this new collection, The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays, Dickie has brought together an extraordinary group of Tibetan writers — some writing from abroad, some from within, yet all bound by a shared sense of loss and a shared search for home. ‘Open wound’ Tibet …

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ChatGPT Can Assist Students in Brainstorming and Improving Their Application Essays
1 year, 5 months ago

ChatGPT Can Assist Students in Brainstorming and Improving Their Application Essays

Deccan Chronicle  

There are a plethora of questions in the minds of students who want to go abroad for higher studies. Post admission support can help students with a wide range of tasks, including: Finances: Studying abroad can be expensive, and post admission support can help students to secure funding and manage their finances. Studying abroad can be a lonely and isolating …

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