Articles by Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Indian Media Giants; Unveiling the Business Dynamics of Print Legacies by Surbhi Dahiya
A book on India’s biggest media conglomerates draws on interviews with owners, key editors and executives and tracks how aims and strategies have evolved
Published on Sep 23, 2022 11:23 PM IST
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Meena Kandasamy on winning the Hermann Kesten Prize for 2022
The anti-caste activist, poet, novelist, and translator talks about the award given by the PEN Centre in Germany to those who stand up for the rights of persecuted writers and journalists, its political significance, and her upcoming books
Updated on Sep 22, 2022 05:52 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: In Free Fall by Mallika Sarabhai
The dancer, actor and choreographer’s memoir, which describes her adventures with a sense of irony and embraces her imperfections, will soften the critical gaze of those who believe that people born into privilege have no struggles
Updated on Sep 12, 2022 10:22 PM IST
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Interview: Mallika Sarabhai, author, In Free Fall: My Experiments with Living – “Every human with a heart should speak up for Bilkis”
The dancer, actor and choreographer talks about writing her memoir, being rooted in tradition, and Indian racism
Published on Sep 09, 2022 05:37 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Dare to Learn edited by the Malala Fund
A collection of 25 personal essays written by young women from various parts of the world that draw inspiration from Malala Yousafzai and, in turn, inspire her to carry on with her work
Updated on Aug 30, 2022 01:11 PM IST
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Interview: Rohini Nilekani, author, Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar: A Citizen-First Approach – “I wanted the book to be available free”
On experimenting with different models of publishing, writing in a range of genres, and on how charity and philanthropy can only have limited impact
Published on Aug 19, 2022 08:06 PM IST
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Nandana Sen: When I was growing up, my mother was the superstar in our family
Author, child rights activist and actor Nandana Sen speaks to us about translating her mother Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poems from Bengali into English
Updated on Aug 19, 2022 08:37 PM IST
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Alokparna Sengupta Of HSI/India On Books About Farm Animals
On bringing out children’s books on being compassionate towards farm animals
Updated on Aug 11, 2022 12:31 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Interview: Sejal Mehta, author, Superpowers on the Shore – “I wrote the book I’d have liked to read”
Gunjan Ahlawat has designed a spectacular cover for your book
Updated on Aug 05, 2022 05:18 PM IST
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Interview: Huma Abedin, author, Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds – “My faith has helped me find my inner strength”
A memoir about being an American Muslim, and her relationships with mentor Hillary Clinton and ex-husband Anthony Weiner
Published on Jul 29, 2022 09:27 PM IST
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Interview: Amit Chaudhuri, Author, Finding the Raga – “Which way you are going to turn is unknown to you”
The title of your book Finding the Raga signals a kind of quest
Updated on Jul 23, 2022 01:40 AM IST
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Interview, Karthika VK, Publisher, Westland Books – “There are lines I would never cross”
On joining Pratilipi after Amazon shut down its publishing business in India, and on being shortlisted for the 2022 IPA Prix Voltaire for publishers who “stand firm on freedom to publish”
Published on Jul 16, 2022 01:50 AM IST
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Peter Frankopan, author: ‘The world order led by the West is under pressure’
Author of The New Silk Roads on his abiding interest in the Silk Roads, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and how India, China, Iran, the Middle East, and to an extent, Russia, are reaching back into the past to explain their present and future
Updated on Jul 13, 2022 03:15 PM IST
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Interview, Onir, author, I Am Onir, and I am Gay – “I am the suitable boy”
Director-producer-screenwriter Onir, who is best known for making path breaking feature films with gay protagonists, especially My Brother
Updated on Jul 08, 2022 06:26 PM IST
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Review: Parvati the Elephant’s Very Important Day by Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
A picture book in rhyming verse meant for children and adults, this is a fictional account of a day in the life of a temple elephant in Kerala
Updated on Jun 28, 2022 04:44 PM IST
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Interview: Dolly Thakore - “My whole life has been project after project”
On her memoir, her friendship with Protima Bedi, discovering Vipassana, and staging the Vagina Monologues
Published on Jun 24, 2022 10:55 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Interview: Abhinav Chandrachud, author, Soli Sorabjee; Life and Times
The advocate, who practises at the Bombay High Court, talks about his biography of India’s former Attorney General
Updated on Jun 18, 2022 02:27 PM IST
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Review: The Line of Mercy by Tarun Tejpal
Author and journalist Tarun Tejpal, who wrote The Alchemy of Desire (2006), The Story of My Assassins (2010) and The Valley of Masks (2011) is back with a new novel called The Line of Mercy (2022)
Updated on Jun 10, 2022 10:43 PM IST
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Daisy Rockwell, Tomb of Sand: “People with big egos rarely go into translation”
Daisy Rockwell, who won the 2022 International Booker Prize with Geetanjali Shree, author of Ret Samadhi, talks about translation and more
Updated on Jun 09, 2022 08:58 PM IST
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Interview: Geetanjali Shree - “I just have to be myself”
Author Geetanjali Shree on staying grounded in the wake of winning the International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand
Published on Jun 04, 2022 01:04 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: The Other Man by Farhad J Dadyburjor
While the novel holds up a mirror to Indian society where gay men marry straight women to fulfill their patriarchal duty, it is also refreshing in that the queer characters are not condemned to persecution
Updated on Jun 01, 2022 05:00 PM IST
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Interview: Arunava Sinha, Translator, winner of the 6th Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award 2022 – “I’m very hopeful for the future of translations”
On translating from Bangla into English and vice versa, and on choosing to translate writers who are closer to the margins than to the mainstream
Published on May 27, 2022 10:55 PM IST
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Interview: Andre Aciman, author, Call Me by Your Name - ‘The personal doesn’t have to be autobiographical’
On writing as an exploration of identity, anti-Semitism, and the corona virus as an excuse, among other things
Published on May 20, 2022 10:09 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Interview: Balaji Vittal, author, Pure Evil; The Bad Men of Bollywood – “Film villains turned out to be exceptionally nice!”
Pure Evil: The Bad Men of Bollywood is your fourth book about Hindi films
Published on May 13, 2022 09:19 PM IST
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Essay: Thich Nhat Hanh on love and sex
Revisiting the wisdom in the books and reflections of the Vietnamese monk who died in January this year
Updated on May 11, 2022 03:28 PM IST
Interview: Ishan Khosla, winner, Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2022 – “The cover plays a big role in attracting readers”
Ishan Khosla, who won the award for his cover forKintsugi by Anukrti Upadhyay, is interested in branding, typography, and craft projects that involve collaborating with rural communities
Updated on May 06, 2022 11:35 PM IST
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Interview: Vikram Sampath - ‘I have been at the receiving end of such calumny’
Vikram Sampath talks about his books, Savarkar; Echoes from a Forgotten Past (1883-1924) and Savarkar; A Contested Legacy (1924-1966), the allegations of plagiarism levelled against him, and about gate keeping in academia
Updated on May 02, 2022 07:07 PM IST
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Interview with author Mihir Vatsa: It’s humans who help other humans in the end
On riverwalking, writing about his home town, his connection to Delhi, and about wanting to show Ruskin Bond the Bokaro Falls
Updated on Apr 25, 2022 06:02 PM IST
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Review: Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar by MJ Akbar
MJ Akbar, who has written books on Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah, Kashmir, jihad and Pakistan in the past, turns his attention to race relations between Indians and their British colonisers with his new volume
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 07:38 PM IST
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Saikat Majumdar, author, The Middle Finger – ‘Novels never feel completed’
The author talks about his new novel where the protagonist is caught between twin identities – brown in the US, savarna in India – that complicate her academic life and her loves and friendships
Updated on Apr 15, 2022 07:19 PM IST
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