writing
The Importance of Being Earnest
Elizabeth Kuruvilla
Writers cannot live in a vacuum, isolated from political currents anymore, says Pankaj Mishra
“I love solitude but I don’t need it to write”
The poet, lyricist and adman says advertising has helped his poetry
The Constant Writer
Ramachandra Guha on the thrills of research, the insecurity of academics and their love of jargon, and why he doesn’t take holidays
The Writer’s Riyaaz
Amit Chaudhuri on the death of the author-editor relationship, the boredom of being a novelist, and writing on his feet, literally
The Reader’s Writer
Tabish Khair on why he doesn’t write for critics, his dislike of the term ‘postcolonial’, and how journalism helped him overcome his dread of deadlines
Bombay in His Veins
Kiran Nagarkar was watching movies to put off writing, but ended up writing a novel set in Bollywood
“The longer you live somewhere, the less you see”
William Dalrymple on why he will never be able to write City of Djinns again, and on isolating himself in his world of books
Writer Unblocked
Writing a Mills & Boon novel rekindled a romance in Aastha Atray Banan’s life—the one with words. For, it finally allowed her to let go of the fear of being judged as a writer
‘The Discipline of the Short Story is Terrifying’
Alan Hollinghurst on fighting laziness, living in the world of his novels and the pressures of being a gay writer
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