Ruskin Bond: His life as a story

June 24, 2017 in Book Reviews

Ruskin Bond’s autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ allows a glimpse into the mind of a writer deeply observant and open to life

A Jharkhand town, as a post-apocalyptic world

April 08, 2017 in Art, Internet, Interviews

One of the three projects that won the Getty Images Instagram grant 2016 is now a book

The house of forgotten art

March 26, 2017 in Art, Human Interest, Reported Features

For over 30 years, a regular Gurugram home has housed a priceless, yet little-known collection of tribal and folk Indian art. Now its keepers are looking for a permanent space

Alan Hollinghurst on writing queer subjects

January 26, 2017 in Interviews, Literary Culture

Booker-winner Alan Hollighurst recommends the novels of Ronald Firbank and Edmund White, and thinks out loud about the likely intersectionality of minority causes in Donald Trump’s America

You can't appreciate the greatest books if the translation is rubbish: Deborah Smith

January 24, 2017 in Interviews, Literary Culture

Man Booker Prize International 2015 winner Deborah Smith on how she chose to be a translator six years ago, and whether she could ever write her own novel

Image-makers versus photographers

December 23, 2016 in Art, Internet, Photography

What makes an image a work of art in the age of selfies?

Jeff Kinney: The writer of longform comics

December 08, 2016 in Interviews

Jeff Kinney, the author of the hugely popular children’s book series ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’, on why his stories would fall flat without the artwork in the books, and how being an international bestseller has influenced his writing