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Sayantani Dasgupta
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In this book of short stories women do things they are not expected to in India
‘Shaaji and Satnam’, excerpted from ‘Women Who Misbehave’, Sayantani Dasgupta’s collection of short stories.
Sayantani Dasgupta
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‘The longer I spent in Kabul, the less satisfying it was to write only traditional news or features’
An interview with Taran N Khan, author of ‘Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul’.
Sayantani Dasgupta
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Rajat Ubhaykar’s ‘Truck De India’ captures his truck-travelling adventures. This is how he wrote it
‘Every trucker I hitched with treated me with the kind of honesty and generosity I can say I had never experienced before.’
Sayantani Dasgupta
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Why writers should eavesdrop constantly if they want to better their craft
Listening in unashamedly on other people’s conversations is one of the best ways to write good dialogue.
Sayantani Dasgupta
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How to be a writer: Why everyone should learn to write their own messy stories
A teacher of creative writing explains that, contrary to what many think, writers are made and not just born.
Sayantani Dasgupta