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Charu Nivedita

Fiction: A writer holds seances with Shah Jahan, who is elbowed out by Aurangzeb, to write a novel

An excerpt from ‘Conversations with Aurangzeb: A Novel’, by Charu Nivedita. Translated from the Tamil by Nandini Krishnan.

Charu Nivedita
&
Nandini Krishnan
· Oct 18, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Ashokamitran (1931-2017): A genius bottled in obscurity who deserved far, far more

A Tamil writer has a crucial question about his inspiration and guru, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 85.

Charu Nivedita
· Mar 24, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Being Jayalalithaa: From lonely beginnings, she scripted her own fairytale rise to power

But the people of Tamil Nadu settled for cheap food and assorted freebies over meaningful development.

Charu Nivedita
· Dec 06, 2016 · 09:00 am