HarperCollins India | Rs 499 | 240 pages
Award-winning translator Narayan Hegde translates literary giant UR Ananthamurthy’s novel, first published in 1978, from the Kannada. It’s a country struggling with corruption, whose prime minister is on the way to becoming a ruthless dictator. From his sickbed, revolutionary leader Krishnappa Gowda tackles the schemes of party men, grapples with his conscience, and through a memory that comes and goes, looks for the true meaning of life.
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Out of Print: Ten Years: An Anthology of Stories
Edited by Indira Chandrasekhar
Writer, scientist, and
Out of Print founder Indira Chandrasekhar, who set up the literary magazine in 2010 to focus on short stories, brings together select pieces from the publication’s first decade. They reinforce ideas that speak to the spirit of the magazine, including diversity of literary voices, open-mindedness about experimentation, and focus on Indian-language publishing. Above
‘Those speaking of developing quality institutions behind destruction of JNU’
Romila Thapar said, “It was an exceptional university, which makes it all that much more sad to see that that exceptionalism doesn’t exist any longer. Maybe it will come back.” Updated: December 12, 2020 1:39:41 am
Romila Thapar was among the speakers at the event.
At a book launch Friday, former University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Sukhdeo Thorat said that those speaking of creating “quality institutions” were the ones responsible for the “destruction” of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Historian Romila Thapar also said what made the university “exceptional” did not exist any longer.