‘Laughing a way of coping in Iran’
A thousand jokes go around in Iran every day mocking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the pretensions of the righteous and the powerful, says Iranian writer Kamin Mohammadi in an …
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Post 9/11 World Very Unhappy To Live In
Eminent historian Mushirul Hasan speaks to Manish Chand about the sharpening divide between the Muslim world and the West, the prospects of democratization in the Middle East, the continuing spurt …
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Interview With Vikas Swarup
Life imitates art sometimes. Vikas Swarup is a diplomat and not a gambler, but his debut novel Q and A, published last year by Random House, has scored big in …
Read MoreWriters Can Create Emotional Maturity: Collen
Writers Can Create Emotional Maturity: Collen A born story-teller, an instinctive rebel (her next book is abut rebellion), a life-long political activist (as she sometimes likes to describe herself), a …
Read MoreNaipaul Is Just Very Naive: Farah
Naipaul is Just Very Naive: Farah Farah An exile from his country for most of his life, Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah writes to “keep his country alive” in his novels …
Read MoreThe East India Company Can’t Be Wished Away
The East India Company can’t be wished away More than one hundred years after its demise, the ghosts of the East India Company – the pioneering corporation that morphed into …
Read More1857 Atrocities Like War Crimes
1857 Darkest Moment In British Imperial History Author William Dalrymple is in love with India and its capital Delhi — his adopted home for many years and the principle theatre …
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Being a Muslim writer in times of conflict: Violence saddens me
To be a writer in a nation scarred by relentless ethnic violence and a Muslim in a post-9/11 world distorted by mindless stereotyping and hate-mongering takes a lot of courage …
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Anything Indian has a Great Chance of Success Berenice Ellena, the French clothes and costume designer who flits between Paris, Venice, New Delhi and Srinagar, has authored a splendid book …
Read MoreTaj Was A Symbol Of Imperial Power
Taj was a symbol of imperial power The Taj Mahal was more than a monument of conjugal love built by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal; …
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