Tag Archives: Indian Writing In English

Wednesday Wisdom: The Circle of Life by Beetashok Chatterjee

So you want to be a writer? No, that was not me guffawing, just a nasty cough…. please excuse me. Well, if I received a rupee from every person who nodded a ‘yes’ to my question, I’d be a wealthy man. I’d also welcome him to the Club; that exclusive Club of a zillion membersContinue reading “Wednesday Wisdom: The Circle of Life by Beetashok Chatterjee”

Monday Microscope: On using thesaurus

It’s Monday and we are back with yet another interesting question from one of our readers : How do I improve my language? I know of many writers who use the thesaurus to use better language. Is that a good idea? How would you advise me?- Mohan

Wednesday Wisdom : On writing by Nazish Kondkar

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. – E.L. Doctorow Writing is a lonely and difficult work. People think writing is an easy job, but only a writer knows how difficult it is to actually write something. For example I wanted to be a writer since the age IContinue reading “Wednesday Wisdom : On writing by Nazish Kondkar”

Erotica: A rising genre in Indian Literature

Being hailed as the birthplace of Kamasutra our country has been very conventional in a lot of things. We have something known as the censor board which decides the kind of movies we can watch. We also have a lot of well-wishers who protect the youth from the western influences of celebrating Valentine’s Day andContinue reading “Erotica: A rising genre in Indian Literature”

Are our classics dying?

The other day at an informal gathering all of us were discussing books when suddenly the name of Ismat Chugtai came up. Not many had heard her name, leave alone reading her stories. And mind you, I am not talking about complete non-readers here. Many of those in the group claim to be voracious readersContinue reading “Are our classics dying?”