For Bose Krishnamachari, art is life itself, and his solo exhibition in Kolkata shifts from minimalism to maximalism with sensational ease. He tells Nandini Nair why he can’t separate people from his creations

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Why are crimes against women being avenged by vigilantism and blood thirst?

When those in Parliament encourage citizens to lynch those accused of rape, it shows a complete breakdown of the system

In his new novel, Romesh Gunesekera writes of the ebb and flow of boyhood friendships. The novelist in conversation with Nandini Nair

Kaveree Bamzai reveals the secret to a happy life

In novels, only the rich can afford the luxury of complete leisure, and no toil. They have lives of plenty, which end up pyrrhic, as rampant consumerism hints at moral bankruptcy

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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…