受賞歴のあるパキスタン人作家モハメド・ハニフ氏は、日曜版ニュース紙のインタビューで、第4作となる小説『Rebel English Academy』について語った。本書は、1979年のズルフィカール・アリー・ブッター元首相の処刑後の影響を、小さな町の視点から探っている。ハニフ氏は個人的な回想と風刺の要素を活用して、独裁主義と社会規範を批判している。
オカラ生まれで現在ロンドン在住のモハメド・ハニフ氏は、パキスタンの政治的混乱を扱った風刺小説で名を馳せている。デビュー作『The Case of Exploding Mangoes』は2008年のShakti Bhatt Awardと2009年のCommonwealth Book Prizeを受賞し、Man Booker Prizeの長リストにノミネートされた。2作目『Our Lady of Alice Bhatti』は2012年のWellcome Prizeの最終候補となり、『Red Birds』は2020年のKLF-Getz Pharma Prize for English Fictionを受賞した。
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Violent protests broke out in Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh following the death of prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi in Singapore. Protesters attacked offices of major newspapers, setting them ablaze, and pelted stones at the Indian High Commission. Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus declared mourning and appealed for peace.
カンナダ語の作家で活動家のバヌ・ムシュタク氏が、短編集『Heart Lamp』の英語訳で2025年のインターナショナル・ブッカー賞を受賞した。この賞は、南インドの家父長制、偏見、抵抗を扱った彼女の数十年にわたる業績を称えるものだ。2人目のインド人受賞者であり、短編集としては初の快挙で、翻訳フィクションのグローバルな影響力を示している。
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Gunjan Ahlawat, a prominent book cover designer, shares insights into his work on covers for International Booker Prize winners like Tomb of Sand and Heart Lamp. In an interview, he explains his philosophy of translating literary essence into visual art while balancing collaboration and creativity. His designs for authors such as Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie highlight his role in shaping readers' first impressions of celebrated books.
The upcoming Bollywood film 'Dhurandhar' draws from the violent history of Karachi's Lyari neighborhood, spotlighting notorious figures like Rehman Dakait, Chaudhry Aslam, and Uzair Baloch. These men ruled through fear, blood, and vengeance, turning the area into a war zone haunted by gang conflicts. The movie blends their real stories with elements of espionage involving RAW spies.
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A new NCERT Class 8 social science textbook released on Monday states that Mahatma Gandhi and most Congress leaders opposed the 1947 Partition of India but accepted it as the only way forward. The old textbook described Partition as becoming more or less inevitable. The book covers the freedom movement from 1857 to 1947 with updated perspectives.
The recent backlash against critics of the film Dhurandhar underscores tensions in Indian cinema between commercial success and artistic critique. Opinion pieces argue that while box office hits like Dhurandhar thrive, good-faith reviews face harassment, raising questions about narrative control and selective labeling of films as political.
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American novelists Ken Liu and Rebecca F. Kuang were the undisputed stars of the annual Singapore Writers Festival last month. They represent a new breed of Chinese-American writers incorporating elements of Chinese culture into their work in new ways. Their transcendence of politics and ideology marks a departure from the previous generation.