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The return of the book
The book has made an astonishing comeback, defying accepted wisdom in the age of 24-hour satellite TV. More people are reading, more publishers are publishing, more bookstores are opening their doors to an insatiable public. Not an evening passes without a book launch, a book-club meeting or a reading platform happening somewhere. Blogland is on fire with literary debate, and even the mainstream media have re-opened column space for literary matters. Does all this spell a renaissance for reading, a new lease of life for the book? We invite five observer-participants in India's vibrant literary scene to share their views.

Heritage

Magnificence restored
How Chennai's Senate House, a beautiful landmark building in the Indo-Saracenic style, was restored to its original glory.

Arts & Crafts

Cowboy of American art
Jackson Pollock's statement, "[A canvas is] an arena in which to act," assumes a new meaning 50 years after his tragic death.

Culture

Million mutinies
Fatal Love, the annual South Asian cultural event organised in New York, elegantly traversed the double worlds of ongoing struggles in the U.S. and South Asia.

Travel

FOOTLOOSE
Grecian impressions
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.

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