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Elena Ferrante’s new book reminds us of the suffering, anguish and anxiety of reading and writing
Devanshi Khetarpal
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This book examines writings across the world for relationships between power and pain
Prasanta Chakravarty
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Finally! In her new book of essays, Joan Didion tells us how she became a writer
Yamini Krishnan
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‘The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy’ is essential reading for our times. Especially for the young
Durba Chattaraj
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In how many ways can one person recover from mental health problems? These essays count the steps
Urvashi Bahuguna
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The success of this anthology of 200 years of English essays from India is that it is for everyone
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
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How should parents behave with their children to make them independent? Premchand had a solution
Premchand
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An Indian adman-entrepreneur’s view on why silence is important in Japanese culture
Sandeep Goyal
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Remembering the legacy of Progress Publishers, and its connection to a new book of essays
Vijay Prashad
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Best of 2018: Books about the life of a writer
Scroll Staff
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Feel Free
Scroll Staff
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Manto Saheb: Friends and Enemies of the Great Maverick
Scroll Staff
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How To Write an Autobiographical Novel
Scroll Staff
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Will India ever be a great power? Twenty-four other questions are also answered in this book
Patralekha Chatterjee
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A new book brings together writings on ‘modern marriage’ but what does that actually mean?
Apoorva Sripathi
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The warp of love meets the weft of identity in this anthology of essays about Love (not love)
Devapriya Roy
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A painstaking attempt to probe the behaviours of Indians ends as a tepid effort in this book
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Zadie Smith’s new book proves that some novelists can be engaging essayists too
Somak Mukherjee
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Were the Obama years good for black people in America? An essayist asks the question in his new book
Anu Kumar
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Ruskin Bond is 83 today. He reveals where he found the novels he wrote
Ruskin Bond