Several high-profile adaptations of literary fiction prove that big books can make for fine viewing
The unleashing of female vengeance in onscreen feminist rewritings of myths
The enduring pleasures of nonsense stories and verse
The eternal detective
With two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, Colson Whitehead proves to be one of the most versatile authors of his generation
Two novels shortlisted for the 2020 Man Booker International Prize, by millennial writers, reveal how trauma can become bogeyman
Graphic novel as a literary quest
A journalistic exercise on tawaifs, which also provides a history of sexuality, secularism and ‘propriety’ in India
Jack Reacher is out on his 24th mission. The creator of popular fiction’s most read solitary vigilante opens up
Kiran Nagarkar’s novel about Kabir collapses under its didactic weight
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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