Interviews

Amrita Mahale

Amrita Mahale: Accolades and Authenticity

In conversation with Amrita Mahale about her new novel Real Life, the political dimensions of female friendships, and what it means to live an authentic life.

M R Dattathri, author of What's Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy?

M R Dattathri: Between Two Boats

In conversation with author M R Dattathri, about the experiences that led him to write What’s Your Price, Mr Shivaswamy? and the challenges of self-translation.

Sundar Sarukkai

Sundar Sarukkai: The Fate of a Mystery

In conversation with Sundar Sarukkai about his novel Water Days, the philosophy present in the everyday, and the wonder and joy of mysteries.

A Different Distance: A Renga

Karthika Naïr and Marilyn Hacker: A Vital Connection

In conversation with poets Karthika Naïr and Marilyn Hacker about their collaboration and the India release of A Different Distance.

Bhavika Govil

Bhavika Govil: Swimming, Floating, Sinking

In conversation with Bhavika Govil about her debut novel Hot Water, choosing water as a theme, and what it takes to write from children’s perspectives.

Annie Zaidi

Annie Zaidi: A Brief Bit of Magic

In conversation with Annie Zaidi about her love for theatre and playwriting, where The Comeback came from, and the trust and solidarity that the arts require.

Alina Gufran, author of No Place to Call My Own

Alina Gufran: A Sacred Private Practice

In conversation with Alina Gufran about her debut novel No Place to Call My Own and how her experience as a filmmaker helps her write better.

Experimenta Film Festival 2024

Experimenta 2024: New and Old Discoveries

In conversation with Shai Heredia, founder of Experimenta, on the film festival’s role in taking Indian experimental cinema to the world.

Gigi Ganguly

Gigi Ganguly: Open Worlds, Organic Truths

In conversation with author Gigi Ganguly about her love of wordplay and Biopeculiar, her new collection of stories that explore the natural world.

Dharini Bhaskar

Dharini Bhaskar: The Promises of Possibility

In conversation with Dharini Bhaskar about playing with time, space, and agency in her latest novel Like Being Alive Twice.

Tashan Mehta

Tashan Mehta: Time and Space and a Complicated Place

In conversation with Tashan Mehta about looking at the world through fresh eyes, talking to her past self, and the process of building new worlds from the ground up.

Siddhartha Deb

Fever Dreams and Buried Truths

In conversation with Siddhartha Deb about his novel The Light at the End of the World, the ethics of fictionalising real-world incidents, and how the fantastic can illuminate the real.