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Published 26.01.26, 03:37 PM

KaLaM 2026: Kunal Basu reflects on his 25-year literary career, announces two new books

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 26.01.26, 03:18 PM

Kiran Desai explains why it took her 20 years to write her latest novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 26.01.26, 11:06 AM

Fashion designer Prabal Gurung explains why he named his memoir ‘Walk Like a Girl’

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 26.01.26, 10:51 AM

‘The Brits’ attitude to sex is as bland as their food’: Shobhaa De discusses sensuality and freedom at KaLaM

By Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Published 26.01.26, 06:18 AM

Amitav Ghosh on writing the living Earth; author discusses return to fiction & more

By Debraj Mitra
Published 25.01.26, 05:15 PM

Climate change is ‘everything change’, say Barbara Kingsolver and Amitav Ghosh at KaLaM 2026

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 25.01.26, 03:28 PM

‘Almost by accident’: Arunava Sinha recounts how his career in translation began with ‘Chowringhee’

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 25.01.26, 03:07 PM

Who funds the films? Sudhir Mishra, Nandita Das, Chaitanya Tamhane talk art vs commerce

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 25.01.26, 01:32 PM

‘Behind the digital dazzle is human labour’: Nandita Das on India’s convenience economy and gig workers

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 25.01.26, 01:14 PM

‘Ritwik Ghatak, as a filmmaker, had ‘no choice’ but to make the films he did’: Sudhir Mishra

By Agnivo Niyogi
Published 25.01.26, 11:42 AM

‘Sati, Savitri were no Simran. They charted own paths, took decisions independently’: Devdutt Pattanaik

By Sagorika Roy
Published 24.01.26, 05:58 AM

Why India is at home with Wodehouse: Step-great-grandson on a timeless bond

By Debraj Mitra
Published 23.01.26, 09:14 PM

‘My heart longs for fiction’: Amitav Ghosh discusses his latest novel ‘Ghost-Eye’ at Kolkata Literary Meet

By Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Published 23.01.26, 03:36 PM

Kolkata Literary Meet 2026: Shalini Passi on her new book, on-screen journey and what comes next

By Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Published 23.01.26, 12:29 PM

At Kolkata Literary Meet, Moon Moon Sen, Srijit Mukherji and Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay decode Uttam Kumar’s legacy

By Jaismita Alexander

Kolkata Literary Meet

I think being an outsider is essential for any artist

From Nepal to New York

At Literary Meet, Jhumpa Lahiri & Kiran Desai mourn the decline of review culture

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee reflects on revisiting old assumptions at Kolkata event

Winning lessons from Viswanathan Anand: Lightning Kid returns to spotlight with new book

KaLaM 2026: Kunal Basu reflects on his 25-year literary career, announces two new books

Kiran Desai explains why it took her 20 years to write her latest novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’

Fashion designer Prabal Gurung explains why he named his memoir ‘Walk Like a Girl’

‘The Brits’ attitude to sex is as bland as their food’: Shobhaa De discusses sensuality and freedom at KaLaM

Amitav Ghosh on writing the living Earth; author discusses return to fiction & more

Climate change is ‘everything change’, say Barbara Kingsolver and Amitav Ghosh at KaLaM 2026

‘Almost by accident’: Arunava Sinha recounts how his career in translation began with ‘Chowringhee’

Who funds the films? Sudhir Mishra, Nandita Das, Chaitanya Tamhane talk art vs commerce

‘Behind the digital dazzle is human labour’: Nandita Das on India’s convenience economy and gig workers

‘Ritwik Ghatak, as a filmmaker, had ‘no choice’ but to make the films he did’: Sudhir Mishra

‘Sati, Savitri were no Simran. They charted own paths, took decisions independently’: Devdutt Pattanaik

Why India is at home with Wodehouse: Step-great-grandson on a timeless bond

‘My heart longs for fiction’: Amitav Ghosh discusses his latest novel ‘Ghost-Eye’ at Kolkata Literary Meet

Kolkata Literary Meet 2026: Shalini Passi on her new book, on-screen journey and what comes next

At Kolkata Literary Meet, Moon Moon Sen, Srijit Mukherji and Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay decode Uttam Kumar’s legacy