Saurabh Sharma

3 weeks ago | reuters.com | Aftab Ahmed |Saurabh Sharma |Tariq MaQbool

JAMMU, India May 11 (Reuters) - After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are sceptical about this weekend's ceasefire and in no hurry to return to their villages. Indian cites like Jammu and Amritsar, which were spooked by the sounds of explosions after the truce was agreed, remained quieter than normal on Sunday with many shops choosing to close and people preferring to stay indoors. Sign up here.

3 weeks ago | reuters.com | Saurabh Sharma |Tariq MaQbool |Aftab Ahmed

Relief in border towns on Sunday morning as ceasefire holds Trump pledges increased trade and Kashmir solution Ceasefire reached after US diplomacy and pressure India and Pakistan blame each other for overnight violations AMRITSAR, India/ MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, May 11 (Reuters) - A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he will work to provide a solution...

1 month ago | jp.reuters.com | Haripriya Suresh |Saurabh Sharma |Rishika Sadam

海外収入の約４割を米国に依存しているインドの映画業界に今週、警報が鳴り響いた。トランプ米大統領が外国で制作された映画に対して１００％の関税を課す方針を示したからだ。写真はインドのコルカタのショッピングモール内にある映画館でチケットを購入する人々。２０２４年２月撮影（２０２５年 ロイター/Sahiba Chawdhary） [ベンガルール／ニューデリー／ハイデラバード ７日 ロイター] - 海外収入の約４割を米国に依存しているインドの映画業界に今週、警報が鳴り響いた。トランプ米大統領が外国で制作された映画に対して１００％の関税を課す方針を示したからだ。 トランプ氏が計画の詳細を明かさなかったため、インド映画業界の関係者らは実際に関税がどんな影響をもたらすのか頭を悩ませている。 ネットフリックス配信の「ＩＣ８１４：カンダハル・ハイジャック」で知られる映画監督アヌバウ・シンハー氏は「本当の問題は『外国で制作された』という言葉の定義で、それがはっきりするまで何か言うのは難しい。ポストプロダクション（現場撮影後の作業）といったサービスが影響を受けるのかどうかもまだ分からない」と語った。...

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Saurabh Sharma

“My Steamy Threesome …” — that’s how the International Booker Prize-longlisted novel Hunchback begins, enticing readers with a scene in a three-storey swingers’ club. But the moment this raunchy segment is over, readers are left to marvel at how Saou Ichikawa — who created history by becoming the first author with disability to win Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2023 — deftly steers the narrative engine, making Hunchback a revenge story: a pushback against ableism, that is.

1 month ago | scroll.in | Saurabh Sharma

A fall rendered British-Pakistani screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist Hanif Kureishi “divorced” from his body. Last January, on X, he posted, “I then experienced what can only be described a scooped, semicircular object with talons attached scuttling towards me.