It can be argued that Southeast Asian Writing in English has not achieved as much attention as African Writing in English or Indian Writing ...

Before we get to talk about Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009), let’s have a quick quiz. Who, among the three infamous dictator...

The Deer Hunter , a 1978 war drama co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, is not your typical Vietnam war film. It's not your Apocal...

I recently published a review of Daniyal Mueenuddin's collection of short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders , at Writersconnect.org...

I met the Scottish novelist and writer Suhayl Saadi (he was born in Yorkshire in 1961 of Afghan-Pakistani parents, and grew up in Glasgow, b...

From Murders most foul (Frontline) Internationally, studies have shown that abuse of the human rights of terror suspects increases terroris...

In Philip Roth's The Anatomy Lesson (a 1983 novel, the third one from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character), writer N...

If talks between Hollywood studios and YouTube don’t break down, film buffs would have less reason to make a trip to the pirated video selle...

What gets your goat? In my case, it's many things but goats. I keep reading about goats, specially when I read stories to my daughter be...

Visiting Professor Amitava Kumar's blog is always a good trip--it results in my coming back with some new information, novel insights. ...

[From Kitaab.org] Among the bunch of famous Indian novelists and writers, Richard Crasta’s name might not be as widely recognized as that of...

Professor Amartya Sen says that it is good to have debates and discussions and it is good to argue with others on topics of importance. I d...

In his brilliantly written essay Capital Gains (Granta), novelist Rana Dasgupta makes us meet MC who is just 28. He operates five shopping ...

Naseeruddin Shah on the theatre group Uploaded by lehren . - Watch feature films and entire TV shows. These days I have been reading some of...

Though it was published last year in December, I recently spotted this Soumya Bhattacharya (writer and editor of HT, Mumbai) interview in Gr...

Aravind Adiga on his growing up years in Mangalore ( The Independent ): ... my grandfather, an Indian nationalist, disdained to speak Englis...

My daughter is not well and I am holed up at home—taking care of her. She is recuperating and I have put her on medicine and on strong dosag...

Gouri Dange (Outlook) on Chandrahas Choudhury's Arzee The Dwarf : From the first page, this is a triumph of storytelling in what Chandra...

The Delhi high court ruling against the IPC 377 sent a wave of jubilation in India 's homosexual community. Suddenly the criminal stigma...

My friend Nishant, a Delhi-based journalist and social worker, has sent me a strong, well-argued rejoinder to my post on Arundhati Roy ( Roy...