A Writer Speaks
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How is a writer inspired to write by the scenes she sees and the conversations she overhears
Bilingual novelist and short story writer Anukrti Upadhyay talks about her creative catalysts.
Anukrti Upadhyay
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Robert Clive reimagined: How to use the techniques of novel-writing for historical figures
The author of a ‘Fortune’s Soldier’, a new novel about Robert Clive, the founder of the British empire in India, explains how to meld facts with fiction.
Alex Rutherford
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Why novelist Sheena Kalayil does not like being boxed as a BAME writer
Broad labels like ‘black, asian and minority ethnic’ – or BAME – do no justice to each unique, individual writer, argues Kalyail.
Sheena Kalayil, The Conversation
Trending
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India loses its status as ‘free’ in Freedom House’s 2021 report
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Can god be disproved using the laws of physics? An expert explains how it depends on perspective
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Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
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‘Unusual to name landmark after living prime minister’: Finance Minister Sitharaman’s husband
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Coronavirus: 45-year-old man dies minutes after receiving second dose of vaccine in Thane
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‘Chattu’ and I: How Chetan Bhagat and I both started our (polar opposite) literary journeys from IIT
Novelist Amitabha Bagchi’s debut work of fiction was also set in IIT Delhi, just like his college senior Chetan Bhagat. But the similarities ended there.
Amitabha Bagchi
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Is the modern world too close for comfort to write about? Two recent books show how it is being done
Tabish Khair’s ‘Night of Happiness’ and Anjum Hasan’s ‘A Day in the Life’ plunge headlong into the unmanageable contemporary.
Saikat Majumdar
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‘My first short story, written at the age of 14, had an unhappy fate. But it rescued me.’
Writer Shazaf Fatima Haider recounts the scandalous beginning to her literary career.
Shazaf Fatima Haider
Video
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Watch: SpaceX starship prototype explodes shortly after landing successfully
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Watch: ‘Pet whisperer’ takes care of abandoned animals in Fukushima’s restricted nuclear zone
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Sydney: Sikhs in car attacked allegedly by other Indians for perceived support to farmers’ protests
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Watch: Delivery man catches three-year-old girl who fell from the twelfth floor of a building
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Watch: This man was arrested for blocking Ajay Devgn’s car and urging the actor to support farmers
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When a writer reads another, it can sometimes be love (and envy) at first sight
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on the moving experience of reading Easterine Kiré’s new novel.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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‘I have to criticise religions that oppress women’: Taslima Nasrin at Jaipur Literature Festival
While the exiled Bangladeshi author questioned the presence of secularism in India, Muslim groups protested against her invitation to the event.
Scroll Staff
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'It isn’t autobiography, but it's a daughter’s book in every way': Madeleine Thien
The author talks about her extraordinary novel ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’.
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
The Reel
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‘Scam 1992’ team reunites for series on stamp paper fraudster Abdul Karim Telgi
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‘Voyagers’ trailer: In sci-fi movie, a space mission goes horribly out of control
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Netflix 2021 slate: Films ‘Haseen Dillruba’ and ‘Navarasa’, Madhuri Dixit series and Ray tribute
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The IAWRT festival is back – and here is what you need to watch
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‘Flight’ trailer: Mohit Chadda is on a plane ride from hell
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It’s 25 years since ‘A Strange and Sublime Address’ opened the gate to Indian writers in English
Amit Chaudhuri, the author, looks back on his first novel in a conversation with novelist Saikat Majumdar.
Saikat Majumdar
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Growing out of the cocoon: Perumal Murugan is back to life as a writer
What the Tamil author told his readers after announcing his return to writing.
Perumal Murugan
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Why do people seem so weary with literature? How do we rebuild the alphabet for writing?
A novelist muses on the market, reading, and the need for writers to do it differently.
Anjum Hasan
The Field
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Virat Kohli equals MS Dhoni’s record of most Tests as India captain
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INDvENG, 4th Test, Day 1: Axar, Siraj strike before Bairstow, Stokes take visitors to 74/3 at lunch
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Qatar Open: Muguruza beats defending champ Sabalenka; Svitolina, Azarenka reach quarters
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Top seed Medvedev stunned by Lajovic in opener, Rublev beats Murray at Rotterdam
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Premier League: Manchester United lose ground on City after draw at Palace, Burnley hold Leicester