A new book uses fiction to examine the ethics and boundaries for teachers with their students

An excerpt from ‘The Middle Finger’, by Saikat Majumdar.

Saikat Majumdar

· Feb 01, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey: A writer who brought vernacular Bengal into throbbing life in English

The author and journalist died in a car accident on Wednesday, 29 December.

Saikat Majumdar

· Jan 02, 2022 · 08:30 am

Where Satyajit Ray brings alive the genius of three generations of the Ray family in one book

In ‘3 Rays’, Satyajit Ray translates the works of his grandfather Upendrakishore and his father Sukumar, alongside his own.

Saikat Majumdar

· Jun 12, 2021 · 08:30 am

What do allies write about when they write (poetry) about feminism?

Saikat Majumdar surveys a unique anthology in his foreword to ‘Collegiality and Other Ballads’.

Saikat Majumdar

· May 15, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How the pandemic has changed the idea of university literary communities dramatically

With the closure of physical space, there has been the opening up of wider spaces of another kind.

Saikat Majumdar

· Oct 14, 2020 · 08:30 am

Why the profusion of courses in India will not over-professionalise the practice of creative writing

The final part of a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.

Saikat Majumdar

· Sep 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How to build a creative writing programme as part of academic courses at an Indian university

The second in a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.

Saikat Majumdar

· Sep 06, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Can creative writing be taught in universities? Is it not in conflict with academic rigour?

The first of a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.

Saikat Majumdar

· Aug 30, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Kolkata’s commercial theatre was built on literature, but was looked down on by the intelligentsia

A new video captures a history through play and novel readings.

Saikat Majumdar

· Jun 20, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Eavan Boland (1944-2020): A tribute to the poet who wrote ‘Quarantine’, from a former colleague

The acclaimed Irish poet, author, and professor died on Monday, April 27, at the age of 75. Saikat Majumdar writes of their association.

Saikat Majumdar

· Apr 28, 2020 · 05:30 pm

In a world of professional critics of art and literature, is there still (or new) room for amateurs?

Multiple models of expertise are at play today, write Aarthi Vadde and Saikat Majumdar in their introduction to the book ‘The Critic as Amateur’.

Aarthi Vadde

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Saikat Majumdar

· Nov 05, 2019 · 07:30 am

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd discusses violence, iconography and aesthetics in Hinduism

A conversation between scholar Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and writer Saikat Majumdar.

Saikat Majumdar

· Apr 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm