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The Book of Chocolate Saints by Jeet Thayil – portrait of a doomed genius

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This article titled “The Book of Chocolate Saints by Jeet Thayil – portrait of a doomed genius” was written by John Burnside, for The Guardian on Wednesday 7th March 2018 07.30 UTC

Francis Newton Xavier is the doomed, debauched genius at the centre of this elegiac novel. A brilliant visual artist who spent his early youth in 1940s Goa, he can not only t

The Epic City review – a love letter to Kolkata

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This article titled “The Epic City review – a love letter to Kolkata” was written by William Dalrymple, for The Observer on Sunday 27th August 2017 11.00 UTC

In 1690, the East India Company established a new base in Bengal. To the evident surprise of his contemporaries, Job Charnock planted his new settlement at Kalikata between a swamp and the boggy banks of the

Is Tintin a girl? Philosopher says his theory was ‘fake news’

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This article titled “Is Tintin a girl? Philosopher says his theory was ‘fake news’” was written by Alison Flood and Sian Cain, for theguardian.com on Monday 25th September 2017 13.30 UTC

A French philosopher, who made headlines worldwide last week after writing that he believed the boy detective Tintin was actually a girl, has said that it was a thought experimen