writing

‘The Discipline of the Short Story is Terrifying’

Parvati Sharma

Alan Hollinghurst on fighting laziness, living in the world of his novels and the pressures of being a gay writer

How I Write

Shruti Ravindran

‘Writing is like a Fancy Drug That’s Hard to Score and Harder to Quit’ ~ Mohammed Hanif

‘Writing has a Religious Character’

Shaikh Ayaz

Aatish Taseer believes writing is an ‘intense form of concentration’, and when immersed in it, he often feels he can live without friends, family or lovers

‘Life without Writing Bores Me’

Shruti Ravindran

Gruelling research is just preparation for that moment when the story comes to possess him, says Amitav Ghosh

The Blog Is Endangered. Again

Charukesi Ramadurai

The obituary of the blog is being written again with the runaway success of Twitter. But, this is perhaps just the pause before it shifts shape again

The Write Stuff

Aditi Aanand

Deserted by her muse, Aditi Aanand signed up for a writing class in New York. And many a short story and haiku later, discovered that writing is really a contact sport, not a solitary activity