literature
Non-fiction is Dead: Long Live Belles-lettres
What’s so ‘non’ about literary work that is based on reportage and commentary? Let’s stop subordinating this genre with the term ‘non-fiction’
‘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
Does Dalrymple know what racism really is?
The ‘racism’ charge is absurd, and designed merely to deflect attention from the real issue.
“The piece you ran is blatantly racist”
William Dalrymple takes exception to a piece we ran arguing that India’s life of letters was still beholden to the British.
The Literary Raj
For all their posturing and weighty pretences, the Indian elite’s life of letters is still strangely beholden to the British
Why Read Llosa over Marquez
Writing about Peru, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, also writes about our reality
Emergency, Uncensored
A visual depiction of events of the 1970s that makes this dark period seem more sinister than ever.
When Fantasy Meets Reality
How will today’s children learn to live in their own world when all they read about are heroes who have magical powers to fight evil forces?
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