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Art, literature, science are our efforts to make sense of things around us: writer Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini is a renowned Kannada poet, author, essayist, lyricist whose book No Presents Please translated into English by Tejaswini Niranjana, recently won the DSC Prize for South Asian…
Paro Anand’s session at AKLF: an author who knows how to cast magic spell on her audience
Paro Anand has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award, 2017 for her book Wild Child, now published as Like Smoke with additional content. Her book, No Guns at My…
I hope my Sita goes beyond labels to become a dynamic, strong-minded woman who doesn’t give up:…
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new book, The Forest of Enchantments (published by HarperCollins India), is a retelling of The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics. Here, the author…
Queer Literary Festival in Kolkata focused on the long history of queer narratives and its bright…
On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India had decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which prompted millions to show support and thousands to come out of the closet…
Young people have a lot of empathy and willingness to consider other perspectives than most…
Siddhartha Sarma’s Year of the Weeds is one of the best books of 2018. Set in a village called Deogan in Balangir area of Odisha, the place is inhabited by Gond adivasis. The story is…
Kolkata’s Indie Comix Fest: uninterrupted interface between comics-makers and comics crazy…
The Indie Comix Fest came to Kolkata last week after a long wait – it was an initiative to promote independent comics from individuals from around the country.
It first began at Mumbai in…
Short story: Rain
The smell of the first drops of rain on parched earth. Summer holidays in Calcutta. My earliest memories seem to be woven around that divine smell. Of Nor’westers.
The sudden ominous dark…
Nameless: a short story
“I accept this on behalf of those women who wish they were nameless. For their names are called only when their labour is required. Labour that is soul-destroying. Labour that gets no…
DEMONETISATION IMPACT ON INVESTMENT: Investors reluctant to borrow, banks reluctant to lend,…
Excerpt from a new book, The Big Reverse: How Demonetisation Knocked India Out, by Meera H. Sanyal.
I am so grateful that writing for children is my calling: Author Mitali Perkins
American author Mitali Perkins has written ten novels for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for the National Book Award, Walter Award honor book), Richshaw Girl…