Write To Win
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The true story of how my mobile phone turned my novel into a love story in prose poetry
The length of the line that can fit on a mobile phone screen had everything to do with it.
Gayathri Prabhu
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Why the profusion of courses in India will not over-professionalise the practice of creative writing
The final part of a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.
Saikat Majumdar
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How to build a creative writing programme as part of academic courses at an Indian university
The second in a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.
Saikat Majumdar
Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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In Kashmir, a woman is on a mission to rescue wildlife – and break stereotypes
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All your questions about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine answered
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
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Can creative writing be taught in universities? Is it not in conflict with academic rigour?
The first of a three-part series on the beginnings and the development of creative writing as a formal discipline in India.
Saikat Majumdar
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Many writers say they can actually hear their characters speak. Can they be right, after all?
Research shows that most of us hear voices in our heads. In the case of novelists, these are the voices of their characters.
John Foxwell, The Conversation
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How a writing programme in Iowa taught me to feel for people (and learn to become a better writer)
A university student from India has a life-changing experience meeting her counterparts from Pakistan in the US.
Payal Nagpal
Video
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Watch: Mumbai woman celebrates 100th birthday after being vaccinated against Covid-19
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Watch: Big dog interrupts woman every time she wants to practise yoga
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Eco India: Meet the woman leading a herbal medicine & grassroots wellness renaissance in Tamil Nadu
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‘They’ll announce winner of Sales Premier League’: Danish Sait spoofs annual sales conferences
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Watch: Unconnected ‘wind phone’ provides comfort to those grieving from Fukushima disaster losses
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Finding your book: Vikram Chandra on the exhilarating yet excruciating journey of the novelist
‘As you begin, you know very little about what the book is. But the thoughts and visions persist...’
Vikram Chandra
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This novel proves that the omniscient narrator is making a comeback to contemporary fiction
The Australian author’s choice isn’t just literary, but also a philosophical and ethical one.
Julienne van Loon, The Conversation
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How to be a millennial and write a novel centred around a romance in the India of the 1970s
With love in the age of Tinder being the contemporary experience, the author of ‘Once Upon A Curfew’ had to fall back on family stories and films.
Srishti Chaudhary
The Reel
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ review: Treachery and remorse in drama about the Black Panther Party
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Can the first page make or break a novelist’s career? An editor answers
An interview with David Ebershoff on the value (and pitfalls) of the opening page of the novel you are writing.
Pooja Bhula
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Why writers should eavesdrop constantly if they want to better their craft
Listening in unashamedly on other people’s conversations is one of the best ways to write good dialogue.
Sayantani Dasgupta
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I’m talking to you: Are second-person narratives in literature effective?
Have you ever read a novel in the second person? You probably found it strange.
James Peacock, The Conversation
The Field
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Hockey: Simranjeet Singh’s late equaliser helps India hold Great Britain to a draw
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Qatar Open: Petra Kvitova crushes Garbine Muguruza to win 28th career title
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Watch: Ashwin on leaving his own legacy, Rohit’s brilliance, matching Harbhajan’s record and more
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India vs England: Root and Co’s muddled thinking exposed by inability to pick right playing XI
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Indian tennis: Ankita Raina stuns Sara Errani in qualifiers at Mexico WTA 250