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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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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The India Fix: What does Pathaan’s massive success mean for the BJP?
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The European Union investigated the 2002 Gujarat riots – but is refusing to make its report public
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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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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Watch: Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza sings in Tamil at AR Rahman’s concert in Kuala Lumpur
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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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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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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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: India senior women and men's teams reactions after Shafali Verma and Co’s U19 World Cup win
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Serie A: Giovanni Simeone stars for Napoli; champions AC Milan stunned by Sassuolo
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La Liga: Real Madrid slip further after goalless draw against Real Sociedad
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Ligue 1: Neymar on target but Balogun’s late strike helps Reims hold PSG
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FA Cup: Kaoru Mitoma stars as Brighton knock out holders Liverpool