‘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

On Franz Kafka’s 136th birth anniversary, he continues to show us how to fight for our freedom

Born on July 3, 1883, the German-speaking Jewish writer of fiction showed us glimpses of rays of hope breaking through walls of despair.

Rohan Parikh

· Jul 03, 2019 · 07:00 pm

‘Ugra’: The Hindi writer whose provocative, satirical works had made him more popular than Premchand

The fifth in a series on Hindi writers who were famous in their day but have slipped out of public attention now.

Saudamini Deo

· Jun 23, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘I saw how he sought to break the chains of caste’: Nirupama Dutt on translating Lal Singh Dil

The third of a new series by translators on the writings of authors they have translated to English.

Nirupama Dutt

· Jun 23, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘The obduracy of women’: Why J Devika translated the works of K Saraswathi Amma from Malayalam

The second of a new series by translators on the writings of authors they have translated to English.

J Devika

· Jun 16, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘He pirated his own book’: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra on Arun Kolatkar’s bilingual poetry (and life)

‘Arun Kolatkar was a secret writer. He had a suspi­cion of contracts.’

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

· Jun 15, 2019 · 08:30 am

How Erasmus Darwin’s poetry foretold his grandson Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

‘The Temple of Nature’ is a prophetic work, depicting a Big Bang billions of years ago, and organic life arising from a primordial soup.

Ed Simon, Aeon

· Jun 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Things are not what they seem’: How Haruki Murakami blurs the lines of reality in his novels

Some readers have grown weary of the tropes in the bestselling author’s books but few writers can do what he does.

Shireen Quadri

· May 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How the legendary Begum Akhtar influenced the life and poetry of Agha Shahid Ali

The Kashmiri-American poet was instrumental in popularising ghazals in the West. One figure who brought him closer to the form was the singer Begum Akhtar.

Manan Kapoor, Sahapedia

· May 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm