novelist

Ashokamitran (1931-2017): A Precise Storyteller

V Ramnarayan

Truth is not stranger than fiction in the world of Ashokamitran (1931-2017)

Seeking Boris Pasternak in Putin Country

A Damodaran

The poet of patience

Karan Mahajan: A Case of Exploding Metaphors

Nandini Nair

The Delhi-born, US-based writer's new novel captures the terror and tragedy of our time

The Conversationalist

Devika Bakshi

Mohsin Hamid talks about his new novel, the inevitability of acknowledging the reader, and how his writing has been changed by fatherhood

The Writer’s Riyaaz

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Amit Chaudhuri on the death of the author-editor relationship, the boredom of being a novelist, and writing on his feet, literally

Saeed Mirza Is Still an Angry Man

Shaikh Ayaz

The director of the seminal Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai on his career as a novelist, the West’s racist ideas and why he found films “very limiting”

A 10-to-7 Job

Shruti Ravindran

Hari Kunzru on how internet memes inspire him to create a whole new English, knowing when to shut off the world, and stocking up on 0.5 mm ballpoints in preparation