'Eileen was cleverer, helped write his books'

India, May 31 -- 1How does your experience as an international human rights lawyer help you as an author? I was a lawyer briefly, and a bad one. I was very young when I stopped. What has stayed with m... Read More

Anna Funder: "Orwell was sadistic, paranoid and misogynistic"

India, May 30 -- How does your experience as an international human rights lawyer help you as an author? What skills did you pick up in your previous career and continue to rely on? I was a lawyer br... Read More

Kaluram Bamaniya: "Kabir invites us to go within"

India, May 27 -- You began your musical journey at the age of nine first as a manjira player with your uncle, father and grandfather. In 2024, you were awarded the Padma Shri. How do you look back at ... Read More

Heart Lamp: Contemporary Kannada literature's moment in the sun

India, May 23 -- The International Booker Prize win for Heart Lamp, a collection of short stories that Banu Mushtaq wrote in Kannada and Deepa Bhasthi translated into English, seems to have unleashed ... Read More

Needrup Zangpo: "When people called Drukpa Kunley mad, he owned it with pride"

India, May 19 -- What led you to write a book on the much-loved Drukpa Kunley, who is often described as a "mad monk" or "divine madman"? Drukpa Kunley, who lived between 1455 and 1529, was a highly ... Read More

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia: "Playing the flute is like doing yoga"

India, May 12 -- During your session with Sathya Saran, author of your biography, Breath of Gold, you mentioned that your father wanted you to become a wrestler. That seems difficult to imagine. Why d... Read More

Of eternal virgins and Gobi Manchurian

India, May 10 -- Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short-story collection Heart Lamp, masterfully translated by Deepa Bhasthi from Kannada into English, brings together 12 stories set in Musl... Read More

Review: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

India, May 9 -- Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection Heart Lamp, masterfully translated by Deepa Bhasthi from Kannada into English, brings together 12 stories set in Musli... Read More

Barnali Chattopadhyay: "When I sing Sufiana kalaam, I forget my gender"

India, May 5 -- From your vast repertoire, why did you choose to sing the poems of Amir Khusrau during your concert at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) in Jodhpur? I am in love with M... Read More

'I could hear the murmur of life in Nalanda's ruins'

India, May 3 -- 1Why did you choose to write a book on the Nalanda Mahavihara? I was born and raised in the Nalanda district of Bihar, yet much about Nalanda was a mystery to me. I wanted to understan... Read More

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