Ten writers talk of words they detest and prefer not to use (and of words they love)

Why do certain words evoke abhorrence from those who make a living out of words?

Shashank Bhargava

· Aug 12, 2018 · 08:30 am

The age of autofiction is here: How do writers feel about writing novels from their own lives?

Yashodhara Lal, Jerry Pinto, and Ravinder Singh have some answers.

Shashank Bhargava

· Aug 05, 2018 · 08:30 am

Five book designers present the favourite covers they worked on last year

When is a book cover designer really pleased with their own work?

Shashank Bhargava

· Jan 21, 2018 · 10:30 am

A writer’s guide to what India’s commissioning editors are looking for (and what they don’t want)

Eight editors from six publishing companies talk of their preferences. Are writers listening?

Shashank Bhargava

· Dec 31, 2017 · 08:30 am

What is untranslatable? Ten translators from Indian languages list their candidates

From auditory effects to cultural back stories, a range of things that translators find almost impossible to express in another language.

Shashank Bhargava

· Oct 28, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Not a reader yet? These are the books India’s book editors suggest you start with

Twenty-two books for your starting kit.

Shashank Bhargava

· Aug 26, 2017 · 12:30 pm

On World Tiger Day, five lovers of the big cat describe their most thrilling brush with the animal

Valmik Thapar, Bittu Sahgal and others take a trip down memory lane.

Shashank Bhargava

· Jul 29, 2017 · 11:30 am

These books are taking children closer to nature and wildlife. You might want to join them

Kartik Shanker, Prerna Singh Bindra and Vivek Menon are trying to ensure that the wild isn’t invisible to the young.

Shashank Bhargava

· Jul 02, 2017 · 05:30 pm

If a writer gifts a book, it must be really worth reading, right (even if it’s their own)?

Ten writers talk of the last book they gifted someone.

Shashank Bhargava

· Feb 25, 2017 · 06:30 am

‘Chetan Bhagat owns the English he writes,’ says the editor of his books

An interview with Shinie Antony, who edits Bhagat’s bestselling novels.

Shashank Bhargava

· Jan 14, 2017 · 08:30 am

The books that mattered to India’s independent publishers in 2016

Never mind the corporate publishing houses and their profit-and-loss accounts.

Shashank Bhargava

· Dec 31, 2016 · 08:30 am

‘To bring you stuff you like to read, whoever you are:’ Karthika VK on the book editor's role

An exclusive interview with the editor-publisher who was almost synonymous with HarperCollins India for ten years.

Shashank Bhargava

· Nov 26, 2016 · 06:30 am