Books
‘Life without Writing Bores Me’
Shruti Ravindran
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
The Guilty Pleasures of Rereading
Come on now, it’s never about the new meanings you grasp each time revisit a book. It’s the comfort of the same old story and the same old characters and the same old ending, every single time
From Where Javed Akhtar Drew Mogambo
Four sparkling English translations ably transcreate Urdu noir writer Ibne Safi’s delicious world of breezy, madcap pulp
The Revolutionary’s Dilemma
The Free Market is not always fair, but what can one do about it? That’s the question
Aunty Kapoor
Manju Kapur’s reviewers, like her many readers, are almost invariably women. Here’s looking at HenLit from a male perspective
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