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    Nawaid Anjum
    About the AuthorNawaid Anjum
    Nawaid Anjum is the Features Editor at The Federal. He can be reached at [email protected]
    UR Ananthamurthy
    Features

    Why Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy did not want to live in Modi-ruled India

    4 May 2023 12:00 PM IST
    May Day 2023: How Urdu poetry highlights the struggles of working-class
    Features

    May Day 2023: How Urdu poetry highlights the struggles of working-class

    2 May 2023 1:54 AM IST
    Defeating the Dictators: Charles Dunst on the roadmap to reform democracies
    Features

    Defeating the Dictators: Charles Dunst on the roadmap to reform democracies

    29 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Harry Belafonte: How the singer-activist harvested his anger at being poor
    Features

    Harry Belafonte: How the singer-activist harvested his anger at being poor

    27 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Democracy shouldn’t be sacrificed for economic growth: Author Charles Dunst
    Videos

    Democracy shouldn’t be sacrificed for economic growth: Author Charles Dunst

    26 April 2023 7:46 PM IST
    How International Booker Prize spotlights world’s under-represented languages
    Features

    How International Booker Prize spotlights world’s under-represented languages

    25 April 2023 2:22 PM IST
    Murakami’s latest novel has walls as metaphor for physical, emotional barriers
    Features

    Murakami’s latest novel has walls as metaphor for physical, emotional barriers

    22 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    What ho! With PG Wodehouse’s sensitivity makeover, we’ve gone too far in censoring classics
    Features

    What ho! With PG Wodehouse’s sensitivity makeover, we’ve gone too far in censoring classics

    19 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Sarjun KM interview: Burqa sprang from real-life experience, not against purdah
    Entertainment

    Sarjun KM interview: 'Burqa' sprang from real-life experience, not against purdah

    13 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Jeyamohan interview: Ezhaam Ulagam, or The Abyss, is a spiritual inquiry into beggars’ lives
    Features

    Jeyamohan interview: Ezhaam Ulagam, or The Abyss, is a spiritual inquiry into beggars’ lives

    11 April 2023 2:45 PM IST
    How Wajida Tabassum explored desire, debauchery of Hyderabad’s aristocracy
    The Eighth Column

    How Wajida Tabassum explored desire, debauchery of Hyderabad’s aristocracy

    5 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
    In Anubhav Sinha’s films, the cry for social justice, yearning for real change
    Entertainment

    In Anubhav Sinha’s films, the cry for social justice, yearning for real change

    23 March 2023 4:00 PM IST
    How Patrick French chronicled India story, from Independence to economic progress
    Features

    How Patrick French chronicled India story, from Independence to economic progress

    19 March 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Spain boardroom women
    Women's March

    What India can learn from Spain’s law for 40% boardroom seats for women

    13 March 2023 2:00 AM IST
    Gita Ramaswamy
    Women's March

    Gita Ramaswamy: A revolutionary without a gun, who fought for landless madigas

    11 March 2023 6:30 AM IST
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    Women's March

    Are women’s posteriors fetishised, objectified in our culture? Butt of course

    8 March 2023 2:28 PM IST
    Meet five French women authors who celebrate the feminine experience
    Women's March

    Meet five French women authors who celebrate the feminine experience

    1 March 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Riyas Komu interview: How art can be a site of political discourse, dissent
    Features

    Riyas Komu interview: How art can be a site of political discourse, dissent

    26 Feb 2023 6:30 AM IST
    How SH Raza and Progressive Artists’ Group put India on international art map
    Features

    How SH Raza and Progressive Artists’ Group put India on international art map

    22 Feb 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Watch | It’s a dangerous moment in India’s history: Aakar Patel interview
    Videos

    Watch | It’s a dangerous moment in India’s history: Aakar Patel interview

    15 Feb 2023 7:39 PM IST
    Zia Mohyeddin
    Obituary

    Zia Mohyeddin: A thespian, a showman and a passionate storyteller

    14 Feb 2023 5:42 PM IST
    Mathrubhumi lit fest: In Kerala, a literature event seeks light of ideas for future
    Features

    Mathrubhumi lit fest: In Kerala, a literature event seeks light of ideas for future

    7 Feb 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Budget 2023-24: How many words did Nirmala Sitharaman speak?
    Budget 2023

    Budget 2023-24: How many words did Nirmala Sitharaman speak?

    1 Feb 2023 9:27 PM IST
    75 years after Gandhiji’s killing, what his biographies reveal about his political, spiritual life
    Features

    75 years after Gandhiji’s killing, what his biographies reveal about his political, spiritual life

    30 Jan 2023 3:20 PM IST
    For Balkrishna Doshi, architecture was an instrument for the greater good
    Features

    For Balkrishna Doshi, architecture was an instrument for the greater good

    25 Jan 2023 8:04 PM IST
    How Indian queens across history scripted stories of valour and victory
    Features

    How Indian queens across history scripted stories of valour and victory

    22 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
    What has led to the great resurgence of literature from Japan
    Features

    What has led to the great resurgence of literature from Japan

    18 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
    Haruki Murakami’s fictional universe is one giant fever dream
    Features

    Haruki Murakami’s fictional universe is one giant fever dream

    16 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
    What Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ tells us about the royal rift
    Features

    What Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ tells us about the royal rift

    15 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
    When Hanif Kureishi, who may not hold a pen again, held court in Jaipur
    Features

    When Hanif Kureishi, who may not hold a pen again, held court in Jaipur

    11 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
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