Perumal Murugan Q&A: ‘It has always been my nature to go against the grain’
Acclaimed Tamil author (most-recently of Resolve) Perumal Murugan spoke about satire and literature, about men and women, and about being ‘controversy’s favourite child’. By Medha Dutta Yadav
On the refractive indices of words: The poetry of Sridala Swami
In his review of Sridala Swami’s collection Run for the Shadows (2021), Saurabh Sharma celebrates a poet whose ‘craft is like a prism, from which white light disperses into colourful bands’
Golchakkar: Dispatches from Australia
Golchakkar Series - The October panel of our virtual literary talk featured Christopher Raja and Roanna Gonsalves: Dispatches from Australia.
Golchakkar: The Evolving Pathways of Publishing
Golchakkar Series - The September panel of our virtual literary talk features Akshat Gupta and Kiriti Sengupta: The Evolving Pathways of Publishing.
Golchakkar: Indian Literature from a Queer Lens
Golchakkar Series - The August panel of our virtual literary talk featured Ruth Vanita and Aditya Tiwari.: Indian Literature from a Queer Lens.
Golchakkar: Dispatches from Latin America
Golchakkar Series - The July panel of our virtual literary talk features Shelly Bhoil and Abhay K.: Dispatches from Latin America.
Golchakkar: Graphic Narratives from India
Golchakkar Series - The June panel of our virtual literary talk features Sharanya Manivannan, Varud Gupta, and Devapriya Roy: Graphic Narratives from India.
Golchakkar: Poetry and the Pandemic
Golchakkar Series - The May panel of our virtual literary talk features Sonnet Mondal, Anju Makhija, Aakriti Kuntal, and Ashwani Kumar: Poetry and the Pandemic.
Excerpt: THE AWASTHIS OF AAMNAGRI by Shubha Sarma
‘Or perhaps, Pandit Dinanath Awasthi was exhausted. Tired of a large, brabbling family in a small, rented house, he was convinced that it was time to create memories in a home of his own.’ An excerpt from Shubha Sarma’s novel, The Awasthis of Aamnagri (2020).
Welcome to ‘Nation of Auteurs’, a series composed of critical essays by academics, filmmakers, historians, and cinephiles, to examine the deep diversity of Indian film auteurs and illuminate the country’s wider cinematic landscape. By Ashish Dwivedi