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Sea of Information
Shruti Ravindran
On reading the second part of Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy, it’s evident that there is such a thing as too much research
That Prodigious Proclivity for Trickery
The heat and dust are factors, of course. But it’s also our penchant for scheming that makes us a nation of legendary spin bowlers
Your Computer Is Bugged
Every click of yours is quietly being watched. Worse, you are slowly being pushed into an information ghetto
The Lies of Nations
Nuclear haves and have-nots are blinkered hypocrites in this memoir of former IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei
Alice in Blunderland
While Alice Albinia, the non-fiction writer, refuses to tell a well-worn tale, Albinia the novelist succumbs easily to reductive depictions
‘Life without Writing Bores Me’
Gruelling research is just preparation for that moment when the story comes to possess him, says Amitav Ghosh
“I am a Bengali writer, I need to live in Bengal”
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who’s writing yet another autobiography, says she’s awaiting the ‘green’ signal to return to West Bengal
‘The Best is Not Necessarily Literary’
David Davidar explains why publishers can’t afford to invest time and money on their authors, and goads writers to start taking risks
The Woman Who Led Deborah Baker down the Garden Path
The Pulitzer-nominated writer plots her latest biography, The Convert, in the style of a suspense thriller
Stone Pelter’s Paradise
Young Kashmiris speak up about the turmoil in their state in this explosive new anthology. An excerpt from an essay
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