Art & Culture

Nothing Common About this Man

Lhendup G Bhutia

How RK Laxman, the creator of the Common Man, was nothing like the character he created

“India should Safeguard its Democracy, Independence of Speech”

Rajni George

Three Chinese writers, exiled from their country’s imagination, implore India to preserve freedom of speech

Back Together

Rajni George

The biggest bromance in contemporary literary history comes full circle at JLF, as VS Naipaul and Paul Theroux drive out together

“I did not create hot scenes between Sonia Gandhi and the Dalai Lama”

Sunaina Kumar

Author Javier Moro on the release of his controversial book, The Red Sari, and why the life of Sonia Gandhi fascinates him

Political Islam is afraid of sex, says Hanif Kureishi

Rajni George

Talking about women's writing and talking about sex may soon be passé, two of today’s sessions suggest

The Lowland Achieves New Heights

Rajni George

Jhumpa Lahiri wins the 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for The Lowland

Dear Reader

Rajni George

Alberto Manguel, in fine form at the Jaipur Literature Festival, on why he doesn’t believe in virtual literature or virtual sex—and why you shouldn’t read Paulo Coelho

DELIBLE INK

V Shoba

Even as we rage against Perumal Murugan’s forced exile from literature, a generation of Tamil writers is pausing mid-thought and self-censoring its work in what is a clear victory for fundamentalists