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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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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests’: US government report flags human rights abuses in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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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: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces