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Mahesh Rao

The pandemic is making us ask ourselves: is this simply how we live now? Is this how we die?

India’s apocalyptic second wave of coronavirus has transformed every aspect of the texture of daily life across the country.

Mahesh Rao
· May 10, 2021 · 06:30 am
Emma in Delhi: Mahesh Rao’s new novel sets Jane Austen’s classic amongst the capital’s swish set

An excerpt from Mahesh Rao’s ‘Polite Society’, which puts a whole new twist on a centuries-old novel.

Mahesh Rao
· Aug 29, 2018 · 08:30 am
Ten works of fiction that writer Mahesh Rao really, really wants you to read

Let’s just say you won’t exactly stumble across these books while browsing casually.

Mahesh Rao
· Jun 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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'Sex Scene': A short story about writing sex into fiction

“I mean to write about sex in this novel with seriousness and sincerity, a resolution that has made me feel like a writer of noble intent...”

Mahesh Rao
· Aug 08, 2015 · 06:30 pm

Mahesh Rao

The pandemic is making us ask ourselves: is this simply how we live now? Is this how we die?

India’s apocalyptic second wave of coronavirus has transformed every aspect of the texture of daily life across the country.

Mahesh Rao
· May 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

Emma in Delhi: Mahesh Rao’s new novel sets Jane Austen’s classic amongst the capital’s swish set

An excerpt from Mahesh Rao’s ‘Polite Society’, which puts a whole new twist on a centuries-old novel.

Mahesh Rao
· Aug 29, 2018 · 08:30 am

Ten works of fiction that writer Mahesh Rao really, really wants you to read

Let’s just say you won’t exactly stumble across these books while browsing casually.

Mahesh Rao
· Jun 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm

It's a question of conscience: Thoughts on calls to boycott Vedanta-sponsored London lit fest

Writer Mahesh Rao explains what exactly is at stake.

Mahesh Rao
· May 22, 2016 · 08:02 pm

In the online maelstrom of opinion, can we find something positive and productive?

"The division between our online and offline existences has an easy porosity, and what insinuates itself into our lives is the white noise of opinion,' observes the award-winning writer.

Mahesh Rao
· Dec 07, 2015 · 03:30 pm

Fiction pick: the philanderer who met his match

‘It was difficult for him to predict when he would tire of a lover…’

Mahesh Rao
· Oct 25, 2015 · 11:30 am

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'Sex Scene': A short story about writing sex into fiction

“I mean to write about sex in this novel with seriousness and sincerity, a resolution that has made me feel like a writer of noble intent...”

Mahesh Rao
· Aug 08, 2015 · 06:30 pm

Mahesh Rao

The pandemic is making us ask ourselves: is this simply how we live now? Is this how we die?

India’s apocalyptic second wave of coronavirus has transformed every aspect of the texture of daily life across the country.

Mahesh Rao · May 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

Emma in Delhi: Mahesh Rao’s new novel sets Jane Austen’s classic amongst the capital’s swish set

An excerpt from Mahesh Rao’s ‘Polite Society’, which puts a whole new twist on a centuries-old novel.

Mahesh Rao · Aug 29, 2018 · 08:30 am

Ten works of fiction that writer Mahesh Rao really, really wants you to read

Let’s just say you won’t exactly stumble across these books while browsing casually.

Mahesh Rao · Jun 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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In the online maelstrom of opinion, can we find something positive and productive?

"The division between our online and offline existences has an easy porosity, and what insinuates itself into our lives is the white noise of opinion,' observes the award-winning writer.

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Fiction pick: the philanderer who met his match

‘It was difficult for him to predict when he would tire of a lover…’

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'Sex Scene': A short story about writing sex into fiction

“I mean to write about sex in this novel with seriousness and sincerity, a resolution that has made me feel like a writer of noble intent...”

Mahesh Rao · Aug 08, 2015 · 06:30 pm

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