‘We Rarely Understand A Thing’
Too many writers of writers of fiction pose as philosophers, as if they have the answers…
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Image is Everything
Amrita Shah’s biography of Ahmedabad is an insightful look at the city’s contradictions, anxieties and complicated…
The State of Melancholia
Saudamini Deo wonders if all the people she has ever encountered are just mist, and if…
Welcome to the Jungle
We’ve got fun and games…and routine police harassment. Once again, the law has taken its…
Mama Gramah Mattur
Deepa Bhasthi pays a visit to the world’s only fully Sanskrit village, and finds that all…
Of Swimming Pools and Land Pools
The shared logic of SEZs and Smart Cities must be rejected if we are to avoid…
Ismat and Ayaan
Ismat Chughtai and Ayaan Hirsi Ali might have had drastically different approaches to critiquing the faith…
The Free Radical
Ismat Chughtai reformulated the discipline of female writing and the role and social positioning of the…
The Crooked Line
Ismat Chughtai can’t simply be pigeonholed as a women’s writer. To do so is to disregard…
How Long Can A River Be Held Back By A Dam?
One of Indian literature’s most radical and important voices, Ismat Chughtai broke the confines of language…