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Germaine Greer and Vikram Seth in conversation. (Photo: Debashish Dey)

R.K. Narayan should’ve won a Nobel: Germaine Greer

...said feminist icon Germaine Greer in a conversation with Vikram Seth during the opening session of the Tata...

29 Oct 2015 9:35 PM IST

Snigdha Bhushan

‘Be yourself and write out your heart and mind’

Snigdha Bhushan goes by the pseudonym Penny as ‘pen’ is her dearest pal.

20 Oct 2015 9:34 PM IST

Chasing fulfillment

In Manika Lal’s latest, her protagonists lead entirely different lives, but are on the same quest for fulfillment

20 Oct 2015 9:29 PM IST

50 melodies, 50 stories

50 melodies, 50 stories

A young Indian banker in Tanzania falls in love with a girl back home. A 25-paise coin is given as a token of promised...

11 Oct 2015 5:46 PM IST

50 melodies, 50 stories

50 melodies, 50 stories

A young Indian banker in Tanzania falls in love with a girl back home. A 25-paise coin is given as a token of promised...

11 Oct 2015 4:48 PM IST

Personal narratives culled from experience

Personal narratives culled from experience

C. Balagopal has been a busy man, working as an IAS officer once, founding a company later, involving in social work...

15 Sept 2015 11:33 PM IST

Laughing in the face of The Big C

Author Neelam Kumar Through her latest book To Cancer, With Love — My Journey of Joy takes us through her...

15 Sept 2015 11:30 PM IST

The ambassador of the badlands

The ambassador of the badlands

It belches and grunts. Is moody and makes offensive sounds when it dislikes its passengers. It also holds many secrets...

29 April 2015 2:59 PM IST

Story behind Crazy Deb’s Kabul salon

Story behind Crazy Deb’s Kabul salon

Heborah Rodriguez is a reluctant hairdresser in Michigan who has had enough of her husband and decides to travel around...

29 April 2015 2:57 PM IST

The artist and his nude

The artist and his nude

Mihir Srivastava draws naked people. I learnt about his unusual “hobby” when he wrote about it in the...

29 April 2015 2:47 PM IST

Near death moment of inspiration

In 2002, Gayathri Ramprasad tried to commit suicide, was hospitalised twice in an American psychiatric clinic within 10...

13 Jan 2015 11:20 PM IST

The book is about a Sri Lankan man who escorts women

‘All writers are thieves’

Says Sri Lankan author Ashok Ferrey, whose latest novel borrows fleetingly from his own life experiences but veers off...

13 Jan 2015 11:15 PM IST