Lamenting the lost art of letter-writing: A radical art form showing ‘the full catastrophe of life’

Gen X-ers occupy a distinctly precious cultural position – straddling the analogue past of letter writing and the hyper-digital present of TikTok and Instagram.

Edwina Preston, The Conversation

· 7 hours ago

How to understand your grief through writing (even during the festive season)

‘It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish.’

Catherine Cole, The Conversation

· Dec 20, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How a squeeze on living and writing spaces in Delhi is thwarting aspiring fiction writers

In search of coffee shops and affordable housing.

Ipshita Nath

· Apr 04, 2021 · 11:30 am

Indian languages were being neglected even in the world of fonts. Not anymore

Dozens of type designers and collectives are concertedly creating fonts for Indian languages to address a deep disparity.

Prachi Sibal

· Apr 29, 2019 · 11:30 am

A Marathi power loom worker’s poems, written to the sound of machines, have been winning awards

Mohammad Naikavadi has won much acclaim in his native Maharashtra, but he yearns for more readers.

Sanket Jain

· Mar 12, 2018 · 11:30 am

How JK Rowling uses the social web to keep the magic of Harry Potter alive

The world famous author has found a novel way to keep casting spells over her audience of Potter-mad muggles.

Catherine Butler, The Conversation

· Mar 04, 2016 · 11:30 pm

The brilliance of Salim-Javed lies not just in what they said, but how they said it

The legendary writing partners will be honoured for their contributions to popular Hindi cinema at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Festival.

Gautam Chintamani

· Oct 25, 2015 · 12:30 pm