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Vineet Gill

When a cobbler in South Bombay is seen reading the poetry of Guru Ravidas

‘The cobbler in my photograph is reading a book of poems. I noticed the name on the cover only when I zoomed into the photo later.’

Vineet Gill
· Mar 18, 2023 · 08:30 am
Nirmal Verma: Vineet Gil’s biography reconstructs the writer from the elements of his life

An excerpt from ‘Here and Hereafter: Nirmal Verma’s Life in Literature’.

Vineet Gill
· Oct 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
In the time of the great quarantine, a writer draws, in words, a map of a life lived indoors

‘Three rooms in particular would feature prominently on this map.’

Vineet Gill
· Apr 25, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Against a certain idea of writing: What Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s book of essays tells us about him

Critic, poet, anthologist, scholar and translator. Mehrotra’s literary career is as multifaceted as it is difficult to write about.

Vineet Gill
· Nov 03, 2019 · 07:30 am