How should parents behave with their children to make them independent? Premchand had a solution

The first in a series of essays by Premchand to mark the 140th year of his birth, translated from the Hindi by Pavitra Mohan.

Premchand

· Jul 30, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Father’s Day: What Ernest Hemingway felt about fatherhood, in his fiction and in his life

‘Papa’ Hemingway explored the emotional depths of fatherhood in his fiction. But his letters show that parenting could be a distraction from his writing.

Verna Kale, The Conversation

· Jun 19, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Khuda hafiz. Kripanarayan’: Remembering Krishna Sobti with a fragment from her book ‘Dil-o-Danish’

Krishna Sobti died a year ago, on January 25, 2019, at the age of 94.

Krishna Sobti

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Amitabha Bagchi

· Jan 25, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Revisiting Jane Austen’s fiction tells us she might have been pro-Brexit today

Jane Porter’s ‘Thaddeus of Warsaw’, written in the Austen era, probably appears more pro-remain.

Thomas McLean, The Conversation

· Dec 10, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Writer George Eliot has valuable lessons for today’s millennials and baby boomers

The writer and many of her compatriots made life choices uncannily similar to those of the current and the previous generation’s.

Helen Kingstone, The Conversation

· Nov 27, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Yours, Amrita: Remembering poet and writer Amrita Pritam on her 100th birth anniversary

Born on August 31, 1919, she wrote poetry, fiction and essays in two languages.

Kanupriya Dhingra

· Aug 31, 2019 · 08:30 am

Why Rudyard Kipling fans can be happy: His works are not just about colonial stereotypes

Kipling's ‘Jungle Book’ is often seen as the story of a white man becoming the master of a jungle. But it’s also about belonging, identity and self-discovery.

Sue Walsh, The Conversation

· Aug 23, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Qurratulain Hyder was modern and experimental before most other Indian writers walked on that road

Hyder explored philosophical perspectives, cultural mores, customs and traditions in language and form that were innovative advancements on what was accepted.

Fatima Rizvi, Sahapedia

· Aug 18, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘We do language. That may be the measure of our lives’: Toni Morrison’s Nobel Prize lecture

The ‘Beloved’ author died on August 6 at the age of 88.

Toni Morrison

· Aug 07, 2019 · 08:00 am

Two hundred years later, Herman Melville’s books are talking eloquently to the modern world

While ‘Moby Dick’ talks about finding meaning in trauma, 'Benito Cereno' deals with privilege and 'Typee and Omoo’ describes imperial ambitions.

Aaron Sachs, The Conversation

· Aug 05, 2019 · 05:30 pm

The war between Saadat Hasan the person and Manto the writer was written by Saadat Hasan Manto

‘When Manto has to write a story, he thinks about it the night before, though nothing comes to him.’

Srija Naskar, Sahapedia

· Jul 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm

The post-human identity of Elena Ferrante: An author who is both there and isn’t

Secrecy around author Elena Ferrante’s identity begs the question of who we are and if it matters.

Enrica Maria Ferrara, The Conversation

· Jul 06, 2019 · 12:30 pm