Write To Win
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How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma
Writing can be a companion to a chaotic mind in ways that do not need to invoke the memories of trauma.
Elizabeth Bolton Cartsonas, The Conversation
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Decolonising creative writing: It’s about not conforming to techniques of the western canon
The universal rules of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ writing are turning out to be colonial relics.
Janice Pariat
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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
Trending
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The British government is offering farmers a lump sum payment to quit agriculture
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Zubair arrested for posting image from 1983 film, complaint by Twitter handle with just one tweet
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Gujarat: College principal resigns after reports that she asked students to join BJP
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How India missed the bus – and why we must catch up now
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Winter has come: The arrest of Teesta Setalvad
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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
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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
Video
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‘Every dog deserves their day’: 17-year-old Chinese Crested-Chihuahua crowned World’s Ugliest Dog
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Watch: Man dressed as UK PM Boris Johnson chased by ‘police’ during England v New Zealand test match
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Watch: Child joins drag queen’s performance at a busking event held in a Hyderabad metro station
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‘Over, out’: US school teacher uses a ‘preposition rap’ to teach students grammar
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Watch: A new rendition of Moonlight Sonata, arranged by musician AR Rahman
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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
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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
The Reel
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Watch: True crime series ‘Indian Predator’ kicks off with case of Delhi serial killer
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‘Subtle nuances of human relationships’: Why Satyajit Ray adapted ‘Postmaster’ and ‘Samapti’
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Watch: The trailer of series ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ is out
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Watch: ‘Shoorveer’ series is about the creation of an elite military unit
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Start the week with a film: ‘So Long, My Son’ and China’s warped development
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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
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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
The Field
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Watch highlights: Virat Kohli’s knocks & day-by-day recap of India’s warm-up against Leicestershire
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Hockey: Olympian Varinder Singh dies at 75
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Watch: England vs New Zealand, 3rd Test - Bairstow’s quick-fire 50 gives hosts clean sweep
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Cricket: Ben Stokes’ England set sights on India after New Zealand clean sweep
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Wimbledon, Day 1 wrap: Djokovic, Murray through in four, Raducanu cruises, Alcaraz wins in decider