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Business News > Mint Authors > Poorna Swami

Poorna Swami

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY POORNA SWAMI

Most of Tamil poet and writer Salma’s stories are set in an unnamed small town in Tamil Nadu, amid Muslim women whose lives are largely confined to the home. (Alamy)

‘In Tamil, there was absolute silence around my novel’

6 min read . 07 Dec 2020

Urdu calligraphy and pens.

What Urdu writers teach us about the art of letter writing

4 min read . 01 Oct 2020

Baig’s novel is set in a dictatorial Pakistan, at a time alluding to General Zia-ul-Haq’s rule. (Photo: Getty Images)

Welcome to a Pakistani ‘wonderlogue’

5 min read . 22 Mar 2020

Baig’s novel is set in a dictatorial Pakistan, at a time alluding to General Zia-ul-Haq’s rule. (Photo: Getty Images)

Welcome to a Pakistani ‘wonderlogue’

5 min read . 22 Mar 2020

In one of Kashyap’s stories, a character gets upbraided for not writing about insurgency in his home state, Assam.getty images

The impossible war against clichés

4 min read . 30 Nov 2019

In one of Kashyap’s stories, a character gets upbraided for not writing about insurgency in his home state, Assam.getty images

The impossible war against clichés

4 min read . 30 Nov 2019

A depiction of a merman on a wall in Portmeirion, Wales.

When fantasy pretends to be history

5 min read . 19 Oct 2019

A depiction of a merman on a wall in Portmeirion, Wales.

When fantasy pretends to be history

5 min read . 19 Oct 2019

A depiction of a merman on a wall in Portmeirion, Wales.

When fantasy pretends to be history

5 min read . 19 Oct 2019

A depiction of a merman on a wall in Portmeirion, Wales.

When fantasy pretends to be history

5 min read . 19 Oct 2019

A ‘nautch girl’ performing for an audience in 1899. (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

The lives of the original public women

5 min read . 06 Sep 2019

A ‘nautch girl’ performing for an audience in 1899. (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

The lives of the original public women

5 min read . 06 Sep 2019

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood

Gloom, doom and unexpected beauty in Bruges

5 min read . 30 Jun 2019

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood

Gloom, doom and unexpected beauty in Bruges

5 min read . 30 Jun 2019

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood

Gloom, doom and unexpected beauty in Bruges

5 min read . 30 Jun 2019

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood

Gloom, doom and unexpected beauty in Bruges

5 min read . 30 Jun 2019

Inside the Basilica of the Holy Blood

Gloom, doom and unexpected beauty in Bruges

5 min read . 30 Jun 2019

In Poomani’s acclaimed novel, the carefree innocence of childhood is blighted by the shadow of a heinous crime. iStock Photo

Poomani’s ‘Heat’: Portrait of a child as a murderer

3 min read . 16 Jun 2019

In Poomani’s acclaimed novel, the carefree innocence of childhood is blighted by the shadow of a heinous crime. iStock Photo

Poomani’s ‘Heat’: Portrait of a child as a murderer

3 min read . 16 Jun 2019

Mastur looks at Partition through the eyes of women. Courtesy: Naveed Tahir

In the time of breaking of nations

4 min read . 16 Jan 2019