The Writing Life
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‘The day I officially became a storyteller’: Novelist Iffat Nawaz’s (very) personal essay on writing
‘I had become the voice of my family, the storyteller who would explain how we lived, how he died, how we desperately needed to live further to make it beyond.’
Iffat Nawaz
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Why do writers go away to write? A founder of a writing retreat offers insights
How did Silk Road Slippers design its writing retreat?
Faiza Sultan Khan
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Can academic writing be engaging? Takeaways from a writing workshop
The issue is how to write, and the key to this is to be taught how to read, to identify core arguments, and to recognise the spine of an argument.
Lakshmi Subramanian
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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BJP Karnataka candidates Tejasvi Surya and K Sudhakar booked for electoral offences: EC
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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Did the Clintons, Bill and Hillary, actually write the novels that credit them as co-authors?
A technique called ‘stylometry’ has revealed that James Patterson, former US President Bill Clinton’s collaborator, wrote most of ‘The President is Missing’.
James O'Sullivan, The Conversation
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The extended idea of authorship: How translators, readers and languages take it beyond the writer
How translators, readers and languages take the idea of authorship beyond the original writer
Shohini Sengupta
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Danielle Steel writes for 20 hours a day. Four novelists weigh in on her gruelling work schedule
There is no one method to write often and well other than finding what works best for you.
Sarah Corbett, The Conversation, David Bishop, The Conversation, Edward Hogan, The Conversation & Liam Murray Bell, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Man Booker Prize 2018: When writers read their own work, does it cause pleasure or disappointment?
Writing is a solitary art but authors shortlisted for prizes often have to perform in public.
Martin Goodman, The Conversation
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Dialogue: In the age of social media, how do writers avoid becoming hustlers?
Two writers discuss how to remain authentically engaged with the world without being overtaken by the compulsion to market their work on their social networks.
Rheea Mukherjee & Manjiri Indurkar