Radhika Santhanam

Jan 27, 2025 | thehindu.com | Radhika Santhanam

Daily Quiz | On the Constitution of India YOUR SCORE Copy link Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit 0/6 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | This country’s Constitution was adopted in 1937. India’s Constitution borrows X from this country’s Constitution. X are the ideals that a state must keep in mind while framing policies or enacting laws. Name X. Also name the country from which X was borrowed; it also fought Britain. Answer : Directive Principles of State Policy; Ireland DID YOU KNOW THE...

Jan 26, 2025 | thehindu.com | Radhika Santhanam

(This article is part of the Gender Agenda newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Sunday, subscribe here.)Welcome to The Hindu’s newsletter that puts gender front and centre. Here, we’ll reflect on the world, cleaning up our glasses smudged from cultural conditioning. Through words, visuals, and voices we will see clearly how gender discrimination reinforces social hierarchies and worsens economic inequality.

Jan 22, 2025 | thehindu.com | Radhika Santhanam

Michael Hofmann is one of Germany’s most influential literary figures. The poet and critic has translated more than 80 books from German to English, including works by Franz Kafka, Hans Fallada, and Bertolt Brecht. Kairos is his first collaboration with author Jenny Erpenbeck. Edited excerpts from his interview during The Hindu Lit for Life in Chennai:It is often said that Germans have a word for everything — one word to describe even a complex idea.

Jan 22, 2025 | thehindu.com | Radhika Santhanam

Jenny Erpenbeck remembers the day she got a call saying she and translator Michael Hofmann had won the 2024 International Booker Prize. Neither of them was expecting it. Erpenbeck says she heard the name of the book, Kairos, and still didn’t realise she had won. The memory makes her laugh. Kairos, translated from the German by Hofmann, tells the story of a relationship between Katharina, a 19-year-old woman, and Hans, a 53-year-old man.

Jan 19, 2025 | thehindu.com | Radhika Santhanam

In the session, ‘The Dominance of Gujaratis: From Mahatma Gandhi to Narendra Modi’, journalist and author Salil Tripathi spoke about his new book, Gujaratis: The Portrait of a Community, in a conversation with entrepreneur and cultural activist Ranvir Shah. The book, which is part of a series on the various communities of India, brought out by Aleph Book Company, has been edited by David Davidar.