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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hanif Kureishi's ‘Shattered’: A difficult patient’s notes on recovery

On 26 December 2022, Boxing Day, British-Asian writer Hanif Kureishi, who is now 69, had a devastating fall while holidaying in Rome with his partner, Isabella d’Amico. View Full Image 'Shattered' by Hanif Kureishi, Penguin Random House, 336 pages, ₹ 999 For those who have devotedly followed Kureishi’s recovery online, the book doesn’t come bearing surprises. Most pertinently perhaps, Kureishi …

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1 month ago

UP family says cops stormed wedding event, looted cash; police deny claims

India Today

A pre-wedding function in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur turned chaotic as cops interrupted the festivities. However, police called the allegations baseless and said they were forced to enter the spot as the criminal was hiding there. A family member, who was present at the event, claimed that the police officials misbehaved with them, hit them with sticks, and took away Rs …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown open …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Voices of Sanity: A Review of Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

The Hindu

Published : Nov 11, 2024 22:45 IST - 4 MINS READ Geetanjali Shree acquired well-deserved international recognition when she was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her novel Tomb of Sand, translated by Daisy Rockwell from the Hindi original, Ret Samadhi. In Our City That Year, a recently published translation by Rockwell of Shree’s second novel, Hamara Shahar …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book shows basketball can be poetry

LA Times

In his new book, Hanif Abdurraqib looks back on watching LeBron James, right, with son Bronny James, “climbing endlessly on the air during warmups, or flinging passes through impossible slivers of unoccupied space” during his days in Akron. This week we speak with poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib about his new book, “There’s Always This Year,” which looks at basketball, …

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2 months ago

A letter to my friend Hanif Kureshi two years after a terrible accident left him paralysed

The Independent

Dear Hanif, You and I have been friends and sparring partners in the beaten way of the London book, theatre and media world for about half a lifetime – more than 40 years. In Rome two years ago, after this astonishing catastrophe, you seem to have been invigorated by the challenge to report something new: “People say when you’re about …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Painting on the wall: Street artist Hanif Kureshi remembered for making art democratic

The Hindu

Cars slow down, feet falter and eyes swivel to the many murals on the walls of schools, hospitals and homes in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony, the quiet neighbourhood that has come to be known as Lodhi Art District over the last 10 years. On Sunday, Hanif Kureshi, the creative lead behind India’s first public art district and the visionary artist and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Hanif Abdurraqib is a 'genius.' His friends aren't impressed : Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

Hanif Abdurraqib is a 'genius.' His friends aren't impressed Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Barnard/Courtesy of the artist Megan Barnard/Courtesy of the artist A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I think a lot about appreciation. Abdurraqib: One story I like telling, not because I like reminding people that I've got a MacArthur, but because it's funny, is …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court orders magisterial probe into alleged fake encounter

The Hindu

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Friday ordered a magisterial probe in the alleged fake encounter of a man and his 14-year-old son in Surendranagar district of the State in November 2021. “The magistrate shall make an independent inquiry without being influenced by any of the previous inquiries conducted by magistrate or the DSP,” said the Chief …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Umesh Pal murder: Police open history sheet of Atiq’s lawyer

Hindustan Times

Dhumanganj police have now opened history sheet of slain mafia-politician Atiq Ahmed’s jailed lawyer Khan Saulat Hanif. Lodged at Naini Central Jail, Khan Saulat Hanif is now a B category history sheeter and his history sheet number is 62-B. In the case of abduction of lawyer Umesh Pal, Khan Saulat Hanif has been sentenced to life term while trial is …

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6 months ago

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

NPR

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year Alicia Zheng/NPR We see you, hard-core NPR readers — just because it's summer doesn't mean it's all fiction, all the time. — Beck Harlan, visuals editor, Life Kit Purchase BookHere After by Amy Lin close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase helps support NPR programming. — Shannon …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

2 arrested over bid to sell SP office plot

Hindustan Times

A group of land grabbers attempted to sell the property belonging to the office of the superintendent of police, a centrally located building, by forging documents, officials said on Friday. 2 arrested over bid to sell SP office plot The accused, identified as Rajasekhar, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohan Shetty, and Ganapathy, allegedly created counterfeit property documents to facilitate the sale of …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Buddha of Suburbia review: Hanif Kureishi’s sexy debut novel is full of energy on stage

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is funny in parts – Bahl, giving one of the play’s more human performances, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not your typical Ramadan’: Muslim Americans focus on Gaza in holy month

Al Jazeera

Muslim Americans have rebuffed some politicians, held fundraisers and scaled back festivities to show support for Gaza. “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.” The words announced the end of a day of fasting as dozens of people gathered last week to protest against President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and an iftar meal the White House was hosting for …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Police arrest alleged operative of banned SIMI from Maharashtra

Hindustan Times

A 47-year-old alleged member of the banned outfit Students’ Islamic Movement of India was arrested on Thursday by the Delhi Police Special Cell in Maharashtra, where he was working as a teacher in a government school, police officers said on Sunday. A team of the Special Cell recently learned that Hanif Sheikh had changed his identity to Mohammed Hanif and …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Author Hanif Kureishi says ‘world seems much darker’ after Boxing Day accident

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The British author Hanif Kureishi has said the “world seems much …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The big Indian festival | Actors Kalki Koechlin, Adil Hussain, artist Hanif Kureshi and others share Diwali memories

The Hindu

A road trip from Goa Kalki Koechlin | Actor I remember once when I was in school in Ooty, we heard about how the Diwali firecrackers are made by young children and we were told not to buy them unless they are responsibly made. We weren’t very religious as a family, and would celebrate Diwali with the children in the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

45-year-old intervenes in son’s quarrel, beaten to death in southeast Delhi

Hindustan Times

A 45-year-old man was beaten to death by a group of people on Friday afternoon when he tried to save his son from an assault in Okhla in southeast Delhi, the Delhi Police said on Saturday. Police said that the deceased’s son was assaulted when he asked a group of four or five men to move away from his motorcycle …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Why this poet sees grief as its own kind of spiritual practice

NPR

Why this poet sees grief as its own kind of spiritual practice Enlarge this image toggle caption Maddie McGarvey Maddie McGarvey If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Abdurraqib: Yeah, Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Umesh Pal murder case: Revealed! Atiq Ahmad, his gang used code names to communicate with each other

India TV News

Umesh Pal murder case: In a shocking new revelation in the murder case of lawyer Umesh Pal and his two police guards on February 24, it has come to the fore that gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad had given code names to his kin and other assailants, who were involved in the killing of Umesh Pal, to communicate with each other in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad gets life in Umesh Pal kidnapping case

Live Mint

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. The sentencing case hours after Atiq Ahmed, Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif were convicted in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. The Special MP-MLA court judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla has held that Ahmad, Saulat Hanif, a lawyer, and Dinesh Pasi guilty in the case, government …

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1 year, 9 months ago

How will rising prices hurt Ramadan celebrations?

Al Jazeera

Cheaper meat and leftovers for iftar. Once food inflation crosses 15 percent, “that’s going to significantly impact other expenses including shelter, sanitation and transportation”, said Greb. Sajid Amin, a senior official at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, a research institute in Islamabad, said the continuing “political chaos” in the country was also hurting the government’s ability to respond to the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | On â€˜truthâ€™ in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is often wrongâ€¦

Deccan Chronicle

“O come with old Bachchoo and leave the lot Of Panini and Pandurang forgot Let Qutb build his minars as he will And fools cry ‘Ban that history!’ -- Heed them not. They strolled a bit and the four-year-old looked at dad, saying: “Don’t worry, Aba, we’ll look it up on Google!” From the mouths of babes, gentle reader! I …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Hanif Kureishi tells his shocking story after fall leaves him paralysed

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In his most recent update, Kureshi described Rushdie’s Midnight’s …

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Hanif Kureishi's ‘Shattered’: A difficult patient’s notes on recovery

UP family says cops stormed wedding event, looted cash; police deny claims

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

Voices of Sanity: A Review of Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book shows basketball can be poetry

A letter to my friend Hanif Kureshi two years after a terrible accident left him paralysed

Painting on the wall: Street artist Hanif Kureshi remembered for making art democratic

Hanif Abdurraqib is a 'genius.' His friends aren't impressed : Wild Card with Rachel Martin

Gujarat High Court orders magisterial probe into alleged fake encounter

Umesh Pal murder: Police open history sheet of Atiq’s lawyer

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

2 arrested over bid to sell SP office plot

The Buddha of Suburbia review: Hanif Kureishi’s sexy debut novel is full of energy on stage

‘Not your typical Ramadan’: Muslim Americans focus on Gaza in holy month

Delhi Police arrest alleged operative of banned SIMI from Maharashtra

Author Hanif Kureishi says ‘world seems much darker’ after Boxing Day accident

The big Indian festival | Actors Kalki Koechlin, Adil Hussain, artist Hanif Kureshi and others share Diwali memories

45-year-old intervenes in son’s quarrel, beaten to death in southeast Delhi

Why this poet sees grief as its own kind of spiritual practice

Umesh Pal murder case: Revealed! Atiq Ahmad, his gang used code names to communicate with each other

Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad gets life in Umesh Pal kidnapping case

How will rising prices hurt Ramadan celebrations?

Farrukh Dhondy | On â€˜truthâ€™ in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is often wrongâ€¦

Hanif Kureishi tells his shocking story after fall leaves him paralysed