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Nawaid Anjum

Nawaid Anjum is a senior culture and lifestyle journalist, and brand and content strategist He can be reached at [email protected].    

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Mayukh Hazarika on Cherrapunji Gin, Red Dot win and building a spirits brand from Meghalaya

Mayukh Hazarika on Cherrapunji Gin, Red Dot win and building a spirits brand from Meghalaya

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Gamber Valley: On the Indian single malt whisky trail from Delhi to Alcobrew’s distillery in Solan

Gamber Valley: On the Indian single malt whisky trail from Delhi to Alcobrew’s distillery in Solan

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Avni Doshi on The First House: ‘My focus is to allow the characters to have psychic autonomy’

Avni Doshi on The First House: ‘My focus is to allow the characters to have psychic autonomy’

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‘There are a million Marilyns out there’: Andrew Wilson on Marilyn Monroe beyond the myths

‘There are a million Marilyns out there’: Andrew Wilson on Marilyn Monroe beyond the myths

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Lines of their own: Nasreen Mohamedi and Bice Lazzari meet in KNMA’s new show, In-Rhythm

Lines of their own: Nasreen Mohamedi and Bice Lazzari meet in KNMA’s new show, In-Rhythm

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Vikrant Patankar on making films, and figuring out how far an obsession can take him

Vikrant Patankar on making films, and figuring out how far an obsession can take him

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The iPhone 18 Pro Max is a great phone, but is it worth replacing yours?

The iPhone 18 Pro Max is a great phone, but is it worth replacing yours?

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Jenjum Gadi interview: ‘My village in Arunachal is my identity, Delhi made me who I’m today’

Jenjum Gadi interview: ‘My village in Arunachal is my identity, Delhi made me who I’m today’

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Filmmaker AK Srikanth on his debut novel, A Song for Eresha

Filmmaker AK Srikanth on his debut novel, A Song for Eresha

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Nakul Anand on his memoir The Night Manager, ITC, Indian luxury, and 45 years of learning

Nakul Anand on his memoir The Night Manager, ITC, Indian luxury, and 45 years of learning

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Mihira Sood on the unfinished fight for gender equality: ‘The law is perhaps the strongest tool we have’

Mihira Sood on the unfinished fight for gender equality: ‘The law is perhaps the strongest tool we have’

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Chef Kulsum Begum, Chef Maliha Khan bring Hyderabad’s Salar Jung heirloom recipes to Chor Bizarre

Chef Kulsum Begum, Chef Maliha Khan bring Hyderabad’s Salar Jung heirloom recipes to Chor Bizarre

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Rasheed Kidwai interview: ‘D.K. Shivakumar understands organisational needs’

Rasheed Kidwai interview: ‘D.K. Shivakumar understands organisational needs’

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How Vandna Khera’s Ranng is rethinking what workwear should do

How Vandna Khera’s Ranng is rethinking what workwear should do

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At The LaLiT, 15 years of queer nightlife finds a new chapter in Kitty Su Beauty

At The LaLiT, 15 years of queer nightlife finds a new chapter in Kitty Su Beauty

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Ananda Shankar Jayant interview: ‘Dance teaches you to stay the course’

Ananda Shankar Jayant interview: ‘Dance teaches you to stay the course’

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Macros keeps skincare simple, and the night  wipes are the real deal

Macros keeps skincare simple, and the night wipes are the real deal

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Coffee, with a shot of protein: Barista bets on the new café consumer

Coffee, with a shot of protein: Barista bets on the new café consumer

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Google Pixel 11 review: Smart, sharp and hard to resist, if you can afford it

Google Pixel 11 review: Smart, sharp and hard to resist, if you can afford it

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At JW Marriott Aerocity’s K3, The Caspian Table brings a taste of Baku and Tbilisi to Delhi

At JW Marriott Aerocity’s K3, The Caspian Table brings a taste of Baku and Tbilisi to Delhi

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‘Everything needs to be re-examined,’ Neville Tuli on SWARAJ, memory, education and learning from visuals

‘Everything needs to be re-examined,’ Neville Tuli on SWARAJ, memory, education and learning from visuals

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‘We want Coffee Island Beyond to become part of your routine’: Vita Nova Group CEO Amitabh Negi

‘We want Coffee Island Beyond to become part of your routine’: Vita Nova Group CEO Amitabh Negi

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Subodh Gupta interview: ‘Even the most ordinary objects can carry extraordinary human histories’

Subodh Gupta interview: ‘Even the most ordinary objects can carry extraordinary human histories’

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Hybon, Tonino Lamborghini bring Italian luxury and Indian engineering to India’s premium elevator market

Hybon, Tonino Lamborghini bring Italian luxury and Indian engineering to India’s premium elevator market

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Tabish Khair on Drown All the Refugees and why ‘home is always in a relationship to leaving it’

Tabish Khair on Drown All the Refugees and why ‘home is always in a relationship to leaving it’

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How Rahul Mishra’s Autumn/Winter collection, Devi, walks the tightrope between couture and costume

How Rahul Mishra’s Autumn/Winter collection, Devi, walks the tightrope between couture and costume

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The Lies I Tell My Child and other poems by Nawaid Anjum

The Lies I Tell My Child and other poems by Nawaid Anjum

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Made in India: A Titan Story composer Abhishek Nailwal on why great music will always find its audience

Made in India: A Titan Story composer Abhishek Nailwal on why great music will always find its audience

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Aakanksha Singh interview: How Bridge Bharat is reimagining India’s indigenous arts for contemporary spaces

Aakanksha Singh interview: How Bridge Bharat is reimagining India’s indigenous arts for contemporary spaces

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Sony WH-1000XM6 review: The headphones for people who sometimes need the world on mute

Sony WH-1000XM6 review: The headphones for people who sometimes need the world on mute

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Bharathiraja obituary: The filmmaker who took Tamil cinema back to its soil

Bharathiraja obituary: The filmmaker who took Tamil cinema back to its soil

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How Batt Koch, the indie film on plight of Pandits, is an antidote to The Kashmir Files

How Batt Koch, the indie film on plight of Pandits, is an antidote to The Kashmir Files

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Chef Davinder Kumar on bringing a taste of Portugal’s Baixo Alentejo to the Indian table

Chef Davinder Kumar on bringing a taste of Portugal’s Baixo Alentejo to the Indian table

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Zynaty Living’s first flagship experience centre brings bespoke interiors, craftsmanship and luxury under one roof

Zynaty Living’s first flagship experience centre brings bespoke interiors, craftsmanship and luxury under one roof

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Ritu Menon on the Life and Times of Zohra Segal

Ritu Menon on the Life and Times of Zohra Segal

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Nidhie Sharma: ‘I am drawn to inner battles  more because they are harder to fight’

Nidhie Sharma: ‘I am drawn to inner battles more because they are harder to fight’

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The Gulammohammed Sheikh Interview: Portrait of An Artist

The Gulammohammed Sheikh Interview: Portrait of An Artist

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Open Call for Rs 25 million grants: Jonathan Kennedy, Director Arts  India at British Council, on ‘India-UK Together 2022 Programme’

Open Call for Rs 25 million grants: Jonathan Kennedy, Director Arts India at British Council, on ‘India-UK Together 2022 Programme’

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The Gopi Chand Narang Interview: ‘Mir, a master  of style and lyricism, created magic in his poetry’

The Gopi Chand Narang Interview: ‘Mir, a master of style and lyricism, created magic in his poetry’

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Jogen Chowdhury: The Enchantment of the Everyday

Jogen Chowdhury: The Enchantment of the Everyday

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Songs for the Other: Priya Darshini on Her Grammy Nomination

Songs for the Other: Priya Darshini on Her Grammy Nomination

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Mita Vasisht: ‘I want the directors to want me’

Mita Vasisht: ‘I want the directors to want me’

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Birth and death in the time of the pandemic: Emma Donoghue on her novel set during 1918 Spanish flu

Birth and death in the time of the pandemic: Emma Donoghue on her novel set during 1918 Spanish flu

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: The Hollows of Grief

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: The Hollows of Grief

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Gabriela Cabezon Camara: ‘It’s important for us to be able to imagine other possible worlds’

Gabriela Cabezon Camara: ‘It’s important for us to be able to imagine other possible worlds’

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Another Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

Another Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

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The ocean is a place of shifting margins: Ranjit Hoskote

The ocean is a place of shifting margins: Ranjit Hoskote

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The Style Mile Men of Mehrauli

The Style Mile Men of Mehrauli

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 We are the results of the movies  that we watch: Sebastiano Riso

We are the results of the movies that we watch: Sebastiano Riso

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There is so much more to writing than  what you see on the pages: Rupi Kaur

There is so much more to writing than what you see on the pages: Rupi Kaur

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I enter the unknown spontaneously: Vivan Sundaram

I enter the unknown spontaneously: Vivan Sundaram

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Riyas Komu: The Anatomy of Angst

Riyas Komu: The Anatomy of Angst

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The other India is the country’s larger reality: Dinesh Khanna

The other India is the country’s larger reality: Dinesh Khanna

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An Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

An Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

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Neel Mukherjee: Lives Apart

Neel Mukherjee: Lives Apart

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Preti Taneja: A Gaze at World’s Darkness

Preti Taneja: A Gaze at World’s Darkness

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Anjum Rajabali: In Search of  a Good Story

Anjum Rajabali: In Search of a Good Story

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Unanswered questions about Corbett’s life

Unanswered questions about Corbett’s life

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I’m a visual writer: Karan Mahajan

I’m a visual writer: Karan Mahajan

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Anuk Arudpragasam: Contours of inner life

Anuk Arudpragasam: Contours of inner life

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M.G. Vassanji: Interpreter of Memories

M.G. Vassanji: Interpreter of Memories

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Keshav Suri: India’s enfant terrible

Keshav Suri: India’s enfant terrible

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Kazuo Ishiguro: A writer of the floating world

Kazuo Ishiguro: A writer of the floating world

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A novel summarises consciousness: Man Booker Prize juror Lila Azam Zanganeh

A novel summarises consciousness: Man Booker Prize juror Lila Azam Zanganeh

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Great fiction moves beyond borders: Man Booker Prize juror Sarah Hall

Great fiction moves beyond borders: Man Booker Prize juror Sarah Hall

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Music of the Ghosts: Plumbing the Depths  of Suffering

Music of the Ghosts: Plumbing the Depths of Suffering

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‘Shepard didn’t do hope,  had a bleak worldview’

‘Shepard didn’t do hope, had a bleak worldview’

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For true reconciliation, we must first discuss the past: José Eduardo Agualusa

For true reconciliation, we must first discuss the past: José Eduardo Agualusa

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As a translator, I’m not  an anxious perfectionist: Daniel Hahn

As a translator, I’m not an anxious perfectionist: Daniel Hahn

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Living to Tell the Tale: Vaddey Ratner on The Shadow of the Banyan

Living to Tell the Tale: Vaddey Ratner on The Shadow of the Banyan

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Why Faiz must be read today more than ever

Why Faiz must be read today more than ever

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‘I love thinking about what makes people tick’: Chhimi Tenduf-La on Loyal Stalkers

‘I love thinking about what makes people tick’: Chhimi Tenduf-La on Loyal Stalkers

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‘I used a small town as prototype of the world’: Anees Salim on The Small-Town Sea

‘I used a small town as prototype of the world’: Anees Salim on The Small-Town Sea

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In telling a story there’s an implicit bond, an embrace: Graham Swift

In telling a story there’s an implicit bond, an embrace: Graham Swift

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I like to play with form, material: G R Iranna

I like to play with form, material: G R Iranna

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World Cinema: Israel’s master of mise en scene

World Cinema: Israel’s master of mise en scene

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Real beauty is linked to truth: Shakti Maira

Real beauty is linked to truth: Shakti Maira

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My literary agenda is to write women protagonists: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

My literary agenda is to write women protagonists: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Publishers must focus on authors, and telling stories: Charlie Redmayne

Publishers must focus on authors, and telling stories: Charlie Redmayne

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My art practice is about social conditions, issues that affect women: Anila Quayyum Agha

My art practice is about social conditions, issues that affect women: Anila Quayyum Agha

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Art isn’t about truth at all, but without it we’d be lost: Anil Menon

Art isn’t about truth at all, but without it we’d be lost: Anil Menon

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My paintings are realistic, but not real: Kathryn Myers

My paintings are realistic, but not real: Kathryn Myers

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I wanted to preserve short story's power in a novel: Anuradha Roy

I wanted to preserve short story's power in a novel: Anuradha Roy

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