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  • 2023 JCB Prize for Literature: Three translated and two English-language novels make the shortlist

    2023 JCB Prize for Literature: Three translated and two English-language novels make the shortlist

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 20, 2023 · 05:43 pm
  • ‘My book isn’t rock-n-roll. I wanted to imitate Chopin’s minimalism’: Geet Chaturvedi on ‘Simsim’

    ‘My book isn’t rock-n-roll. I wanted to imitate Chopin’s minimalism’: Geet Chaturvedi on ‘Simsim’

    Shubhangi Tiwari
    · Oct 13, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘My duty to tell my story and stories of those like me’: Manoranjan Byapari, author of ‘The Nemesis’

    ‘My duty to tell my story and stories of those like me’: Manoranjan Byapari, author of ‘The Nemesis’

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 12, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘We are all subject to transplantation’: Perumal Murugan on why ‘Fire Bird’ resonates with readers

    ‘We are all subject to transplantation’: Perumal Murugan on why ‘Fire Bird’ resonates with readers

    Shree Thaarshini Sriraman
    · Oct 11, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘A writer shouldn’t stay with his story for too long’: Manoj Rupda on ‘I Named My Sister Silence’

    ‘A writer shouldn’t stay with his story for too long’: Manoj Rupda on ‘I Named My Sister Silence’

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 10, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘I wanted to retain the comedic value of violence’: Tanuj Solanki on writing ‘Manjhi’s Mayhem’

    ‘I wanted to retain the comedic value of violence’: Tanuj Solanki on writing ‘Manjhi’s Mayhem’

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 09, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘I studied miniatures and the faces in them’: Vikramajit Ram on how he wrote ‘Mansur’

    ‘I studied miniatures and the faces in them’: Vikramajit Ram on how he wrote ‘Mansur’

    Shubhangi Tiwari
    · Oct 08, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘It’s fascinating...people in Bombay are never content’: Tejaswini Apte-Rahm on ‘The Secret of More’

    ‘It’s fascinating...people in Bombay are never content’: Tejaswini Apte-Rahm on ‘The Secret of More’

    Shubhangi Tiwari
    · Oct 07, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘I tried to understand my own fears’: Bikram Sharma on his novel ‘The Colony of Shadows’

    ‘I tried to understand my own fears’: Bikram Sharma on his novel ‘The Colony of Shadows’

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 06, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Wanted to explore what being a mongrel race felt like’: Brinda Charry, author of ‘The East Indian’

    ‘Wanted to explore what being a mongrel race felt like’: Brinda Charry, author of ‘The East Indian’

    Arunava Sinha
    · Oct 05, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘What is our relationship with the world?’: Janice Pariat, author of ‘Everything the Light Touches’

    ‘What is our relationship with the world?’: Janice Pariat, author of ‘Everything the Light Touches’

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 04, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • ‘The Colony of Shadows’: The long, winding way out of death’s unique grip, and grief

    ‘The Colony of Shadows’: The long, winding way out of death’s unique grip, and grief

    Sayari Debnath
    · Sep 30, 2023 · 02:30 pm
  • ‘I Named My Sister Silence’: The horrors of humans’ capability for destruction persist after the end

    ‘I Named My Sister Silence’: The horrors of humans’ capability for destruction persist after the end

    Diya Isha
    · Sep 09, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • 2023 JCB Prize for Literature longlist: Four translations, three debut novels. A reader’s guide

    2023 JCB Prize for Literature longlist: Four translations, three debut novels. A reader’s guide

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 02, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • JCB Prize for Literature announces its 2023 jury, to be chaired by author-translator Srinath Perur

    JCB Prize for Literature announces its 2023 jury, to be chaired by author-translator Srinath Perur

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 11, 2023 · 03:00 pm
  • ‘Confining a language to a nationality is narrow-minded’: JCB-Prize-winning translator Baran Farooqi

    ‘Confining a language to a nationality is narrow-minded’: JCB-Prize-winning translator Baran Farooqi

    Sayari Debnath
    · Feb 19, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • New year, new books: Eight new novels and short fiction collections to read in January

    New year, new books: Eight new novels and short fiction collections to read in January

    Sayari Debnath
    · Jan 14, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • ‘What is life? Not an unanswerable question. It doesn’t have a single answer’: Siddhartha Mukherjee

    ‘What is life? Not an unanswerable question. It doesn’t have a single answer’: Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Keerthik Sasidharan
    · Jan 07, 2023 · 02:30 pm
  • The Siddhartha Mukherjee interview: ‘Even mental diseases have an impact on cellular behaviour’

    The Siddhartha Mukherjee interview: ‘Even mental diseases have an impact on cellular behaviour’

    Keerthik Sasidharan
    · Dec 31, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Read with an intent to learn writing. Write fast. Find three honest readers’: Author Tanuj Solanki

    ‘Read with an intent to learn writing. Write fast. Find three honest readers’: Author Tanuj Solanki

    Sayari Debnath
    · Dec 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm
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