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Krishna Shastri Devulapalli
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘Do not attempt humour’: Satirist Krishna Shastri Devulapalli’s handy advice on how to write humour
An excerpt from ‘The Moving Finger: Writers on Writing’, edited by Hilda David and Francis Jarman.
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Why be a writer if you are not going to use your most powerful weapons, which are words?
Why do writers not write – or get – letters (instead of messages with emojis) anymore?
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Satire: ‘I have been to nine literary festivals. It has been nine too many.’
‘I am a lit fest veteran now. I can show you the scars.’
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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Satire: This fantasy version of a literary panel discussion might be closer to reality than we think
In which a writer moderates a panel of his dreams – or is it nightmares?
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No, dear writer, don’t be a helicopter parent to your book (and don’t tell us how the baby was made)
‘A writer’s job is to write. And do this in privacy. And guard both the process and the output from prying eyes.’
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Satire: Why must publishers chase Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt while neglecting real writers?
In which an irate commentator says, ‘Take back the arts: say no to Chopra and Dutt.”
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Video
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Once upon a time In Indian publishing: Six fantasies for 2018
Fiction is stronger than truth. Sometimes.
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Women in publishing break the glass ceiling all the time. Why pick Priyanka Chopra for a lecture?
Must Bollywood become the obvious option even for that last bastion of hope – art and literature?
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Lit fests are coming! Watch out for the moderator!! Or, rather, for the mad orator!!!
There’s nothing moderate about this character, claims someone who’s been at the receiving end.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Same editors, different companies: How will Delhi publishers ever produce better books?
An author asks why publishing companies do not get fresh blood from elsewhere in the country
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Why publishers shouldn’t love movie stars (or, how Bollywood is turning books into BS)
Why do publishers go weak at the knees at the thought of signing up film-stars who cannot even read a script?
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This hilarious take-off on spy fiction makes it hard to take espionage seriously
Fragments from ‘The Sentimental Spy’, a novel that laughs at all the stereotypes.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May