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    Author origins: ‘My grandmother and her way of mothering us by telling us stories made me a writer’

    Priya Hajela
    · Apr 19, 2026 · 08:30 pm
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    An alchemy of grief: In cooking, I seek out flavours, forgotten memories and my father

    Mandakini Menon
    · Jan 04, 2026 · 11:30 am
  • From the memoir: Journalist Lalita Iyer writes of the joys of ‘aloneness’

    From the memoir: Journalist Lalita Iyer writes of the joys of ‘aloneness’

    Lalita Iyer
    · Oct 28, 2025 · 08:30 am
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    In a new book of essays, women write about their mental health problems and how they persevered

    Neha Kirpal Janani Iyer Aparna Piramal
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  • From the depths and despair of the 2004 tsunami, a Sri Lankan prepares to scale great heights

    From the depths and despair of the 2004 tsunami, a Sri Lankan prepares to scale great heights

    Dimantha Dilan Thenuwara
    · Dec 26, 2024 · 07:30 pm
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    · Aug 15, 2024 · 06:30 pm
  • ‘Without death, there is no art’: How Amitava Kumar’s new novel came to be

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    Amitava Kumar
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    ‘The day I officially became a storyteller’: Novelist Iffat Nawaz’s (very) personal essay on writing

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    Personal essay: Death is everywhere in Bollywood, but why is grief so rare?

    Bijal Vachharajani
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