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Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026
Judging the Cover: An interview with award-winning book designer Bena Sareen
21 October 2026

Bena Sareen, winner of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize, speaks about her latest honour and the “huge responsibility” of designing a memorable literary cover. By Chittajit Mitra

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21 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026
The Fraught Relationship Between Reality and Spectacle in Telugu Cinema
18 October 2026

The problematic representation of women in many recent Telugu blockbusters like Peddi and the Pushpa films have stoked controversy. When mainstream commercial cinema consistently turns the sexualisation of women into entertainment, who should be responsible for the world these images help create? By Sumithra Prasanna

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18 October 2026
The Gravedigger’s Soliloquy
15 October 2026
The Gravedigger’s Soliloquy
15 October 2026

Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘someone once said / the soul is lighter than breath / but the soil keeps secrets / the sky cannot hold.’

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15 October 2026
Q&A: Fiction writer Salini Vineeth discusses the experiences and inspirations that shaped her journey
Literature The Chakkar 22/05/26 Literature The Chakkar 22/05/26

Q&A: Fiction writer Salini Vineeth discusses the experiences and inspirations that shaped her journey

In a wide-ranging interview, Salini Vineeth speaks about profound questions of identity in her work, switching to literature after an engineering background, writing in multiple languages, and more. By Mitra Samal

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Time, Immortality, and the Art of Letterpress Printing
Creativity The Chakkar 15/01/23 Creativity The Chakkar 15/01/23

Time, Immortality, and the Art of Letterpress Printing

Personal Essay by Shalini Singh: ‘Is time a love story? Maybe time is letterpress printing. A capsule where every printed letter is a love letter to the future. And it’s a letter that doesn’t end with the ink drying or the writer moving away.’

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G.N. Devy, Ahmer, and Laal Singh Chaddha - What’s The Chakkar?
Podcast The Chakkar 10/11/22 Podcast The Chakkar 10/11/22

G.N. Devy, Ahmer, and Laal Singh Chaddha - What’s The Chakkar?

What’s The Chakkar? Episode 24: We’re reading books by G.N. Devy and Haruki Murakami; watching the film Laal Singh Chaddha; and listening to music by Ahmer. Featuring Shaista Vaishnav, Prateek Santram, and Aditya Manral. Hosted by Karan Madhok.

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