literature

KR Meera: Rebel with a Pause

Open

She reveals the gendered ideologies imprisoning her characters, constructing a feminist model of dominant literature

Chiki Sarkar: Pageless Wonder

Open

She is determined to democratise reading and to put it into the hands of millions

A Classical Passage to India

Rachel Dwyer

After travelling around India for over 35 years, I may not have seen or experienced this sacred space exactly as Kalidasa describes it

Eka Kurniawan: A Terrible Beauty Is Born

Nandini Nair

The rising star of Indonesian fiction, Eka Kurniawan spins a tale that is as bloody as it is brilliant. He has a message for the world—the truth always exposes itself. The magical realist in conversation with Open

Macbeth: Out, Out, Brief Candle!

MJ Akbar

Macbeth is the drama of ambition rising from the ash of ethics. We live today in a different age from Macbeth and the king he betrayed and assassinated