Articles by Chintan Girish Modi
Mani Rao, translator, Saundarya Lahari: I translate when a text takes hold of me
At the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2023, Rao spoke about ‘Wave of Beauty’, the English translation of the Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.
Updated on Mar 09, 2023 08:02 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: Kolkata Literary Meet 2023
Refreshing conversations and weighty discussions transpired alongside each other at the 11th edition of the event
Updated on Mar 03, 2023 03:17 PM IST
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Andrew Sean Greer: “I am not very good at being angry”
The author of Less and Less is Lost talks about people being nice to him on Instagram, the fictional representations of older gay men, and about winning the Pulitzer Prize
Published on Feb 24, 2023 08:08 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: I Know the Psychology of Rats by Saeed Mirza
Director Saeed Mirza’s emotional tribute to his lifelong friend and sometime collaborator Kundan Shah, director of the classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, is funny and nostalgic
Published on Feb 17, 2023 03:51 PM IST
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Ahlawat Gunjan: ‘The pandemic offered me the gift of time’
The author of Slow is Beautiful, who heads the Design function at Penguin Random House India, talks about his book which attempts to provide an antidote to fast living, technology and visual fatigue
Updated on Feb 16, 2023 01:50 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Sing, Dance and Pray by Hindol Sengupta
This biography of Srila Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, provides an insight into the history of the Hare Krishna movement, which grew out of the interface between Gaudiya Vaishnavism and American counterculture
Published on Feb 10, 2023 04:10 PM IST
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Shehan Karunatilaka – “Writing a queer novel was never my intention”
On his native Sri Lanka, queer rights, civil war, the hungry ghosts of Buddhist literature, and the inspiration behind the central character in his Booker Prize winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Published on Feb 03, 2023 09:17 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: Jaipur Literature Festival 2023
The 16th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival saw everyone from the Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah and Booker prize winners in attendance and featured interesting sessions that included marginalized voices
Updated on Feb 06, 2023 10:40 AM IST
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Salil Tripathi - “These writers exemplify courage in its rawest form”
On the anthology ‘For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit’ about courage and resistance that he co-authored with artist Shilpa Gupta
Published on Jan 27, 2023 11:44 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2023
The 14th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival was packed with sessions on mental health, Partition narratives, queer literature, murder mysteries, translation, graphic novels, food, dance, bookselling, Dalit writing, poetry and historical fiction
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 08:24 AM IST
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Interview: Swethaa S Ballakrishnen, author, Accidental Feminism
The professor of law at the University of California-Irvine on their book which looks at how elite law firms offer an oasis for women within a hostile, predominantly male industry
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 06:29 PM IST
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Interview: Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, author, Hoofprints on the Land - “We are part of nature”
On human-animal relationships, advocating for the rights of pastoralists, and working with the Raikas in Rajasthan for over three decades
Updated on Jan 20, 2023 05:07 PM IST
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Alexandra Pringle: ‘I don’t like writing that is showing off’
Bloomsbury’s Editor-in-Chief’s authors include Abdulrazak Gurnah, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ann Patchett and George Saunders, among many others
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 07:50 PM IST
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Review: Sultan: A Memoir by Wasim Akram
The cricketer’s surprisingly honest memoir touches on everything including allegations of match-fixing, his struggle to handle fame, his addiction to cocaine, and the absence of a work-life balance that threatened his marriage
Updated on Jan 12, 2023 08:13 PM IST
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Namita Gokhale: The lure of the Himalaya is like a call to the restless soul
On putting together an anthology of essays — Mystics and Sceptics — that showcases the diverse spiritual traditions of the Himalayan region
Updated on Jan 09, 2023 08:41 PM IST
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Interview: Chigozie Obioma, author, An Orchestra of Minorities – “Writing is a big gamble”
You will be in India soon to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 10:05 PM IST
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Ruth Ozeki - “Artists and writers hear voices and see visions”
The film maker and author whose novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction talks about being an academic and a Zen Buddhist priest and how it all informs her writing
Updated on Jan 02, 2023 07:12 PM IST
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Interview: Maaz Bin Bilal, author, Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras
On his latest work, a translation from the original Persian of Mirza Ghalib’s masnavi Chiragh-e-Dair
Updated on Dec 29, 2022 02:29 PM IST
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Report: Thespo Theatre Festival 2022
The annual event that presents the work of theatrewallahs under 25 from across the country was packed with full length plays, shorter pieces, readings and workshops
Updated on Dec 26, 2022 07:43 AM IST
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HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi picks his favourite read of 2022
My interest in restorative justice, prison reform, and compassionate policy initiatives led me to Arefa Tehsin’s book Gupshup Goes to Prison
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 05:00 PM IST
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Interview: Rafiul Alom Rahman, Founder & Director, The Queer Muslim Project
On focussing on culture change, and about the anthology Language is A Queer Thing which brings forth the richness and diversity of queer
Updated on Dec 22, 2022 09:19 AM IST
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A theatre festival for a cause in memory of Shiv Subrahmanyam
Money collected from ticket sales will be donated for research into ependymoma brain tumours in children
Published on Dec 21, 2022 12:03 AM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Report: The Mahindra Kabira Festival 2022
The sixth edition of the festival celebrated the 15th-century weaver-poet Kabir’s words and wisdom through music, puppetry, storytelling, and scholarly talks
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 12:35 AM IST
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A Kanisetti, Lords of the Deccan author: I feel gleeful when I demolish binaries
On winning the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Non-Fiction this year
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 08:01 PM IST
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Paresh Maity retrospective: Exhibition showcases artwork from 1990 till now
The show will remain open for viewing until January 10. It is part of a retrospective titled “Infinite Light” across four Indian cities over five months. It is a collaboration between Art Alive Gallery in Delhi, Art Musings in Mumbai, Gallery Sumukha in Bengaluru, and the Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) in Kolkata.
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 12:42 AM IST
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Shekhar Pathak, author, The Chipko Movement: ‘Ecology and economy are connected’
The winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 and founder of the People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR) talks about writing a people’s history of the movement
Updated on Dec 05, 2022 09:07 AM IST
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Report: The Prithvi Theatre Festival 2022
The plays, poetry readings, talks, dance performances, and music concerts presented at the festival gave audiences a taste of the magic of live performances
Updated on Nov 30, 2022 09:33 AM IST
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Interview: Ashok Maheshwari, MD, Rajkamal Prakashan – “The prize changed things overnight”
On how things have changed for the 75-year-old publishing house since Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize
Published on Nov 26, 2022 01:03 AM IST
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Amit Majmudar, author, The Map and the Scissors: ‘I Am All Over the Past’
On making MK Gandhi and MA Jinnah the central characters in his novel that won this year’s Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for fiction
Updated on Nov 22, 2022 07:59 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Cubbon Park; The Green Heart of Bengaluru by Roopa Pai
Bursting with love for Cubbon Park, Roopa Pai brings together the voices of a range of citizens who fought to protect Bengaluru’s green cathedral
Published on Nov 18, 2022 09:41 PM IST
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