English
Race
Ajit Duara
In spite of its excellent performances and craftsmanship, this film is a little too politically correct
Going Mainstream
How translation from Indian languages to English is giving regional literature a dedicated new readership, turning linguistic rivals into potential allies
Back Together
The biggest bromance in contemporary literary history comes full circle at JLF, as VS Naipaul and Paul Theroux drive out together
Wizard of the Serio-Comic
Novelist Upamanyu Chatterjee is the master of Indian cool. In his latest, Fairy Tales at Fifty, he pushes his limits in a bleak tale of modern Indian anguish. The writer in conversation with Open magazine
The English Non Goddess
The outrage Rajnath Singh’s statement on English has evoked shows our genius at turning slavery into a virtue
The Cult of the English Shirt
With Thomas Pink entering the Indian market, English shirts have made a comeback in fashion talk
The Madrassa Englishwalas
At Markazul Ma’arif, madrassa students are taught English with the aid of books by authors like Ted Hughes and Khushwant Singh
Where’s the Great Indian Novel?
A novel written in English can never really become a ‘Great Indian Novel’. Such a book in English can only be a translation of an Indian novel, rather than one originally written even in His Salmanness’ sparkling prose
Operation Mind Your Language
English grammar books in hand, young Afghans are in India to prepare their next generation for the linguistic challenge that comes with fighting a global war on terror.
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