A cinephile, a city, and a film-maker Reading it is akin to riding on a roller coaster replete with references to films, literature, and politics.
Struck by wonder A new translation of Tamil poet-saint Nammaazhwaar’s verses navigates both language and emotion.
The Non-Brahmin Hostel An excerpt from ‘Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya’ by Akshaya Mukul (2022).
Tola defeats the tiger In Spirit Nights, Easterine Kire transports us to the Nagaland of legends and lores, as well as to the real Nagaland.
The way of all flesh This novel remarkably conflates sexuality and spirituality in a strait-laced Brahmin society of the Thanjavur of yore.
Book Review Pleasure pointsC.S. VENKITESWARANAn engaging argument and a provocative appeal for the basic rights of transpeople and queer pride.
Interview: Akkai Padmashali Akkai Padmashali: Beyond victimhood, reclaiming dignityVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDInterview with Akkai Padmashali, transgender activist.
Book Review Adivasi perspectiveLyla BavadamFor the first time, two Adivasi leaders record the struggles of their community during the anti-Narmada dam protests and the NBA’s role in creating
Book Review Oil and Oman’s womenRadhika HolmstromThe book, first published in Arabic in 2016, revisits the dramatic changes, particularly in the lives of women, that the discovery of oil precipitated
Book Review Unlocking an alternative politicsHilal AhmedThe book calls upon the reader to get rid of the communal-secular binary to understand the various ways in which the politics of knowledge is played o
Book Review Book Review: Translation initiative takes Tamil literature to the world Abhirami Girija SriramAn eclectic, equal-opportunity offering of fiction, poetry and literary non-fiction marks the second phase of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational
Book Review Book Review: Laura T. Murphy's ‘Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt’ asks questions on the price of freedomVasundhara SirnateAn interesting case study on the Kol people of Azad Nagar who bought their way out of slavery, this book talks of how revolutions can become fractured
Book Review Book Review: B.N. Goswamy’s collection of essays revels in soulful conversations on artRajnish WattasB.N. Goswamy’s latest book, a collection of 125 essays selected from his fortnightly column “Art and Soul” in The Tribune, takes one on a voyage
Book Review Book Review: ‘Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politics’ maps the Gujarat model of communalismDivya TrivediThis book of essays analyses the intersections between caste, class, politics and economy that turned Gujarat into a Hindutva laboratory and also trac
Book Review Book Review: Shreya Sen-Handley's memoir 'Handle With Care: Travels With My Family' celebrates the simple pleasures of lifeSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayOne of the most interesting aspects of the book is how the author’s love of literature often dictates, either consciously or subconsciously, her cho
Interview: Sukrita Paul Sukrita Paul: ‘Krishna Sobti carved out space for women’Ziya Us SalamInterview with writer-poet Sukrita Paul.
Book Review Book Review: Robert Buderi's 'Where Futures Converge' chronicles the transformative Kendall SquareVijaysree Venkatraman Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is to life sciences what Hollywood is to movies. A new book traces the story of its transformation from a
The tale of two villages Sleemanabad in Madhya Pradesh and Akarbad in West Bengal share an unlikely link.
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
