‘Do not use most of your research’: How novelist Nayomi Munaweera ensures she doesn’t bore readers

An interview with the Sri Lankan-American writer whose novels set in the civil war in her country have opened a new world to many readers.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Mar 03, 2018 · 05:30 pm

These essays reveal a writer who has turned her third world origin into a source of power

Sayantani Dasgupta’s ‘Fire Girl’ renegotiates the burdens of globalised Indian writers.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Nov 25, 2017 · 07:00 am

How to write for global readers in an Indian accent

The everyday truths that dictate stories from India often appear wildly exotic to the world

Rheea Mukherjee

· May 13, 2017 · 05:30 am

We must re-read the essay that reminds us of the time India’s political leaders encouraged debate

Ramachandra Guha wrote about the engaged opposition between Jayaprakash Narayan and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Jan 22, 2017 · 07:30 am

Post Bangalore, it’s time to read Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ once again

Because even in the India of 2017, women are defined by the male perception.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Jan 07, 2017 · 08:30 am

What is a writer to do with freedom? (Or, lessons from Albert Camus)

Many writers are unhappy, angry and disillusioned with the way the world is turning out. But this is an opportunity.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Dec 03, 2016 · 08:30 am

How the Seemanchal Literary Festival drew me out of my happy bubble, a first for a litfest

Notes from an English-Indian writer fumbling and learning in Kishanganj, Bihar.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Nov 27, 2016 · 10:45 am

Why has Aatish Taseer written a children’s story about his Green Card?

The author harks back to the era when the US was the Promised Land for South Asians.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Jul 09, 2016 · 07:30 am

Why self-publishing is not the best future you can give your book

There are good reasons to publish your book the old-fashioned away, even if it tests your patience and fortitude.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Feb 20, 2016 · 02:30 pm

A comedian’s gay erotic novel starring Donald Trump is firing everyone’s imagination

Elijah Daniel crowdsourced ideas from Twitter and wrote the novella in 24 hours flat.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Jan 30, 2016 · 11:30 am

Here’s the formula for the future of the book: Become a TV discussion

Depth, nuance, and complexity must give way to loud arguments and fodder for tweets if books are to find readers.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Dec 19, 2015 · 08:30 am

A seven-point manifesto for the Indian literary magazine

Online or offline, literary magazines can bring new and under-discovered writers to readers in ways books can’t.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Sep 19, 2015 · 07:30 pm