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Anthony Bourdain: The Super Chef

Shylashri Shankar

Anthony Bourdain’s spirit of adventure reminds us that this life, in spite of everything, can be fun

Siri Hustvedt: Artists Are Cannibals

Novelist, poet and essayist, Siri Hustvedt is an intimidating figure in her books as well as in her exploration of ideas

Leila Slimani: The New Global Literary Star

Her literary whydunnit has won France’s highest award for fiction and international acclaim. Leila Slimani, the author of Lullaby (The Perfect Nanny in the US), discusses her art and ideas with Tishani Doshi

Shobhaa Dé: Queen of Why Nots

Shobhaa Dé reminds us that age is not an abuse

Sujatha Gidla: Identity Crisis

Sujatha Gidla is a subway conductor in New York with an Indian backstory of caste and isolation, now captured in a critically acclaimed memoir

Ruskin Bond: The Solitary Reaper

Ruskin Bond relives his journey from the isolation of childhood to the home he found in the hills

Arundhati Roy: The Utmost Unhappiness of Being Indian

Arundhati Roy’s second novel in twenty years retains her original magic even as it becomes an overwrought political project

She’s Here to Stay

A writer emerges bruised but not broken from an abusive marriage

Hari Kunzru: ‘The border is not a nice place right now for anybody with brown skin’

A writer in a polarised world. Hari Kunzru talks about his art and politics in a conversation with Rahul Pandita

The Fall of Man in the Age of Anger

What makes this text an indispensible addition to the canon of intellectual histories is not just the urgency of its argument but the delightful march-past of writers

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