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Writing for today’s times: Literary trends in Malayalam
Malayalam writers are embracing local dialects and contemporary themes. Translation has helped Malayalam books find a new readership and yet, a lot more can be done to provide visibility to the works from our regional languages
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The impact of Kalidasa's Abhijnan Shakuntalam on Indian cinema is nothing less than magical, with some of the greatest filmmakers and actors having paid an ode to romance holding the magical hands of Kalidasa
Turning a new page : Publishing during the pandemic
The world of writers is responding to the pandemic with stories of lockdown and poems of resilience even as the publishing industry is finding ways to work around the crisis