Articles by Chintan Girish Modi
Interview: Chigozie Obioma, author, An Orchestra of Minorities – “Writing is a big gamble”
You will be in India soon to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 10:05 PM IST
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Ruth Ozeki - “Artists and writers hear voices and see visions”
The film maker and author whose novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction talks about being an academic and a Zen Buddhist priest and how it all informs her writing
Updated on Jan 02, 2023 07:12 PM IST
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Interview: Maaz Bin Bilal, author, Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras
On his latest work, a translation from the original Persian of Mirza Ghalib’s masnavi Chiragh-e-Dair
Updated on Dec 29, 2022 02:29 PM IST
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Report: Thespo Theatre Festival 2022
The annual event that presents the work of theatrewallahs under 25 from across the country was packed with full length plays, shorter pieces, readings and workshops
Updated on Dec 26, 2022 07:43 AM IST
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HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi picks his favourite read of 2022
My interest in restorative justice, prison reform, and compassionate policy initiatives led me to Arefa Tehsin’s book Gupshup Goes to Prison
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 05:00 PM IST
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Interview: Rafiul Alom Rahman, Founder & Director, The Queer Muslim Project
On focussing on culture change, and about the anthology Language is A Queer Thing which brings forth the richness and diversity of queer
Updated on Dec 22, 2022 09:19 AM IST
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A theatre festival for a cause in memory of Shiv Subrahmanyam
Money collected from ticket sales will be donated for research into ependymoma brain tumours in children
Published on Dec 21, 2022 12:03 AM IST
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Report: The Mahindra Kabira Festival 2022
The sixth edition of the festival celebrated the 15th-century weaver-poet Kabir’s words and wisdom through music, puppetry, storytelling, and scholarly talks
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 12:35 AM IST
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A Kanisetti, Lords of the Deccan author: I feel gleeful when I demolish binaries
On winning the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non-Fiction this year
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 08:01 PM IST
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Paresh Maity retrospective: Exhibition showcases artwork from 1990 till now
The show will remain open for viewing until January 10. It is part of a retrospective titled “Infinite Light” across four Indian cities over five months. It is a collaboration between Art Alive Gallery in Delhi, Art Musings in Mumbai, Gallery Sumukha in Bengaluru, and the Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) in Kolkata.
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 12:42 AM IST
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Shekhar Pathak, author, The Chipko Movement: ‘Ecology and economy are connected’
The winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 and founder of the People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR) talks about writing a people’s history of the movement
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 09:07 AM IST
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Report: The Prithvi Theatre Festival 2022
The plays, poetry readings, talks, dance performances, and music concerts presented at the festival gave audiences a taste of the magic of live performances
Updated on Nov 30, 2022 09:33 AM IST
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Interview: Ashok Maheshwari, MD, Rajkamal Prakashan – “The prize changed things overnight”
On how things have changed for the 75-year-old publishing house since Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize
Published on Nov 26, 2022 01:03 AM IST
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Amit Majmudar, author, The Map and the Scissors: ‘I Am All Over the Past’
On making MK Gandhi and MA Jinnah the central characters in his novel that won this year’s Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for fiction
Updated on Nov 22, 2022 07:59 PM IST
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Review: Cubbon Park; The Green Heart of Bengaluru by Roopa Pai
Bursting with love for Cubbon Park, Roopa Pai brings together the voices of a range of citizens who fought to protect Bengaluru’s green cathedral
Published on Nov 18, 2022 09:41 PM IST
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Ghazala Wahab, author, Born a Muslim: ‘The Muslim vote bank is a myth’
The author, whose book has been longlisted for the ₹15 lakh Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022, talks about the increasing political irrelevance of Muslims in India and the importance of feminist interpretations of the Quran
Updated on Nov 18, 2022 05:20 PM IST
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Rukmini S: ‘Women are socialised into thinking that math is not for them’
The winner of the Tata Literature Live! First Book award, who has also been nominated for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022, talks about befriending data
Updated on Nov 15, 2022 04:38 PM IST
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Kiddie Lit gets a brand-new awards show
The first ever Binod Kanoria Awards for Children’s Literature held on November 12 at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai. Based on the philosophy that children’s literature is a unique space in the literary world that deserves to be honoured, the awards also serve the important function of celebrating the work of Indian authors and illustrators
Updated on Nov 13, 2022 12:52 AM IST
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Review: Between You, Me and the Four Walls by Moni Mohsin
Combining socio-political critique with rollicking humour to foreground the first-world problems of the Pakistani elite
Published on Nov 11, 2022 09:58 PM IST
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Interview: Subrata K Mitra, author, Governance by Stealth: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Making of the Indian State - “Patel and Nehru had a yang-and-yin relationship”
What got you interested in writing a book about the Union Ministry of Home Affairs? The idea struck me in 2002 while collecting data for another book – The Puzzle of India’s Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory (2005)
Published on Nov 05, 2022 01:57 AM IST
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Nandita Basu, author, Rain Must Fall: ‘Basic human nature doesn’t change’
On her graphic novel about the life of a non-binary teenager that won her the Neev Book Award 2022 in the Young Adult category
Updated on Nov 02, 2022 08:40 PM IST
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Interview, Aanchal Malhotra, Author, Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided? - “You learn to take care of the sadness of others”
On winning the Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA) Book Award 2022 for her work that revisits the Partition through stories of objects that refugees carried with them across borders
Published on Oct 28, 2022 07:02 PM IST
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Report: Jodhpur RIFF 2022
Khasi musicians from Meghalaya, singers of nirguni bhajans, Sufi and Bhakti poetry, Welsh and Turkish performers and Mexican and Kalbeliya dancers were all part of the five-day festival
Updated on Oct 25, 2022 07:59 PM IST
Divya Bhatia: ‘Folk and classical music have much to gain from each other’
On the Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival) that was held from October 6 to 10 this year at the Mehrangarh Fort
Updated on Oct 18, 2022 05:08 PM IST
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Neev Literature Festival: Nurturing a love of reading
Children and young adult readers enjoyed interacting with authors, illustrators, publishers, storytellers, and librarians from different parts of the country at the Neev Literature Festival in Bengaluru on September 24 and 25
Published on Oct 15, 2022 12:23 AM IST
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Review: You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn
The actor’s memoir talks about breaking into Hollywood, his time on Obama’s team and about being a gay man comfortable with his sexual orientation
Updated on Oct 13, 2022 08:22 PM IST
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Interview, David Davidar, publisher Aleph, editor, A Case of Indian Marvels - “These stories will stand the test of time.”
In your introduction, you mention that the sole criterion for including stories was “literary excellence”
Published on Oct 07, 2022 05:07 PM IST
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Interview: Samina Mishra, author, Jamlo Walks
On her children’s book on the 12-year-old tribal girl who died as she walked back home to Bastar during the lockdown
Updated on Oct 05, 2022 06:42 PM IST
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Mehlli Gobhai Award for illustrator Rajiv Eipe
The book is based on a true story written in memory of Serow’s dog, Chitty. A year after Chitty passed away, Serow invited Eipe to visit the farm, in the western ghats, which is the setting of the book
Published on Oct 01, 2022 12:39 AM IST
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Meet the author-poet-activist who won this year’s Hermann Kesten Prize
Meena Kandasamy has won this year’s Hermann Kesten Prize for defending free speech and the rights of the marginalised. It takes courage to sustain a conscience, she says. It’s often left her broke. Nonetheless, she persists
Updated on Oct 01, 2022 12:35 AM IST
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