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Book review: Attention Factory tells the story of TikTok and the mysterious art of converting attention into dollars
Kusumita Das • 4 years agoAttention Factory manages to tell a story, humanise the company behind TikTok, dispel myths, and decode the power of short videos that changed the world in 2020
Book Review: Diversity Beyond Tokenism makes readers think about tough questions
Chintan Girish Modi • 4 years agoThis book may not be the last word on diversity but it is a good place to start for those who are grappling with some of these questions.
Book Review: Namita Gokhale's The Blind Matriarch is a compassionate exploration of life in lockdown
Chintan Girish Modi • 4 years agoThe novel seems to invite us to think about what ‘home’ and ‘family’ mean after having lived through this pandemic.
Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You tries to explore millennial angst, but is essentially a love story
Joanna Lobo • 4 years agoIf you are searching for a substantial plot, Beautiful World has none.
Book review: Manoranjan Byapari's Imaan explores day-to-day cruelties of the harsh Indian life
Manik Sharma • 4 years agoIn Imaan, Byapari returns to his life of struggle and strife, unpeeling what is perhaps the most intimate he has been about his own past yet.
Education as a means of achieving true freedom: Celebrating Paulo Freire’s centenary
Karthik Venkatesh • 4 years agoTo contend with Paulo Freire’s ideas about education, knowledge, the meaning of freedom and classroom dynamics is to re-examine the human condition afresh and seek to commit oneself to the discovery of true freedom.
Book excerpt: In 'Guilt', a woman confronts a horrific incident from her past
Harekrishna Deka • 4 years agoThe stories present a searing vision of the human condition while also brining alive Assam through unforgettable images.
NIF announces Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 longlist
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe shortlist of six titles will be announced in the last week of October.
Abhirup Dhar probes the paranormal in new book Ghost Hunter Gaurav Tiwari
Manik Sharma • 4 years agoDhar tells us about the challenges of approaching such explosive material, Gaurav’s legacy and what he believes about the existence of ghosts.
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih on debut fiction Funeral Nights, a timely exploration of the Khasis
Karishmaupadhyay • 4 years agoNongkynrih gives non-Khasis an extraordinary introduction to a people and culture that little is known about.