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Somak Mukherjee

Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon

The author’s iconic ‘Buru Quartet’ about the independence struggle against the Dutch colonial rule was banned in Indonesia till as recently as 2010.

Somak Mukherjee
· Mar 30, 2025 · 05:30 pm
Ranajit Guha (1923-2023): The thinker and historian was also an idealistic political activist

To understand Guha’s global yet deeply rooted soul, it is important to understand the kinships he developed grounded in political commitment.

Somak Mukherjee
· Jun 04, 2023 · 07:30 am
Ranajit Guha, India’s oldest living historian, starts his 100th year with a dazzling legacy

Guha, who retired from teaching in 1988 but didn’t stop writing, is one of the most influential south Asian historians today.

Somak Mukherjee
· May 23, 2022 · 08:30 am

Missing the World Cup? Here’s what some of the world’s finest authors wrote about football

“I quickly learned that the ball never came to you where you expected it. This helped me in life, above all in the metropolis.”

Somak Mukherjee
· Jul 21, 2018 · 06:30 pm
Zadie Smith’s new book proves that some novelists can be engaging essayists too

‘Feel Free’, Zadie Smith’s second book of essays, shows astonishing range but offers a consistent conversation.

Somak Mukherjee
· Mar 22, 2018 · 08:30 am
Legendary essayist Susan Sontag’s short fiction unlocks a different, intimate self of the writer

All of the scholar and critic’s short stories have now been brought together in one volume.

Somak Mukherjee
· Dec 30, 2017 · 08:30 am

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Somak Mukherjee

Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon

The author’s iconic ‘Buru Quartet’ about the independence struggle against the Dutch colonial rule was banned in Indonesia till as recently as 2010.

Somak Mukherjee · Mar 30, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Ranajit Guha (1923-2023): The thinker and historian was also an idealistic political activist

To understand Guha’s global yet deeply rooted soul, it is important to understand the kinships he developed grounded in political commitment.

Somak Mukherjee · Jun 04, 2023 · 07:30 am

Ranajit Guha, India’s oldest living historian, starts his 100th year with a dazzling legacy

Guha, who retired from teaching in 1988 but didn’t stop writing, is one of the most influential south Asian historians today.

Somak Mukherjee · May 23, 2022 · 08:30 am

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Zadie Smith’s new book proves that some novelists can be engaging essayists too

‘Feel Free’, Zadie Smith’s second book of essays, shows astonishing range but offers a consistent conversation.

Somak Mukherjee · Mar 22, 2018 · 08:30 am

Legendary essayist Susan Sontag’s short fiction unlocks a different, intimate self of the writer

All of the scholar and critic’s short stories have now been brought together in one volume.

Somak Mukherjee · Dec 30, 2017 · 08:30 am

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