The writer teaches at IIT-Kanpur.
November 03,2023 06:00:56 AM
Set against demonetisation, the novel is the writer's "experiment with the Indian political truth”
December 03,2022 10:00:50 AM
A welcome and timely series, it makes accessible the critical corpus of the two leading figures in Hindi and Urdu literature
June 15,2022 16:21:52 PM
Mini Chandran writes: Hundred years since its publication, James Joyce’s Ulysses remains a challenging peak in the world of fiction, the legal battle for its publication a glorious chapter in the history of free speech
February 05,2021 02:26:02 AM
The bench’s remarks have implicated both creator and creature by refusing to entertain the petitions of the director, scriptwriter and actor.
June 28,2019 00:35:36 AM
Targeting of a Kerala publishing house expands the ambit of censorship
February 19,2018 00:03:53 AM
Each of us is being incited to speak to ensure that none of us is actually heard.
August 29,2016 01:00:16 AM
Ironically, freedom of speech was first restricted to curb anti-Pakistan views.
January 16,2016 00:01:07 AM
Kipling left India but India never left him
October 13,2015 01:00:37 AM
In oppressive times, writers find ways to make their voices heard.
June 27,2012 02:37:50 AM
The Emergency left behind a culture of self-censorship in our writers and artists