One of the most popular types of writing nowadays is creative writing, with more and more people signing up for specialised courses...

Novoneel Chakraborty is a popular Indian author who writes books for young adults...

The 45-minute session enthralled the 200-odd students who ‘Zoomed’ in on the session. The session took us from the streets of London to the doors of publishing houses to the eventual publi...

Onir addressed the issue of decriminalisation of homosexuality in India (2018) and how it has impacted the queer community. “The struggle today [for the queer community] is a lot similar to the ...

You also happen to be a big sports fan. Which are your favourite sports and teams and players? I play a bit of sports myself, especially this new sport called pickleball, which is a combination of te...

In discussing potential solutions aimed at addressing today’s politics, Paranjape said that earlier “societies were blessed with a lot more social cohesion, conversation and conviviality, ...

“...If you were to tell any of a dozen girls at Tower Court, Wellesley, that Oliver Barrett IV had been dating a young lady daily for three weeks and had not slept with her, they would surely ha...

Tharoor-Srinivasan also regaled the listeners with the story of how she had been the first Amul baby when she was only 10-months old, and how Shyam Benegal, then a mere photographer, had taken her pic...

Many of your stories in this book are cliffhangers. While you have kept the endings open to interpretation, there would be many who would seek closure of characters and their lives. Can they expect a ...

We are increasingly seeing youngsters gravitate towards English literature at the expense of their mother tongue, including Bengali. Even though English is the world’s lingua franca, it does not...