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Book Review: The Fate of Butterflies, by Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal, in her early 90s, remains a robust voice speaking against injustice Her new novel holds up a mirror to the upheavals contemporary India is going through

1 min read10 Mar 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Marathi writers’ bid to reclaim the state’s liberal traditions

A literary convention's withdrawal of an Indian writer's invite shows a lack of grace on its part

4 min read10 Jan 2019
Industry

JCB Prize for Literature: Two debut writers shine among literary giants

India's richest literature prize has just announced its inaugural longlist of the ten books that will compete for the top honours, including a Rs25 lakh cash prize

3 min read5 Sep 2018
Mint-lounge

Authoritarian regimes are afraid of art because art survives: Nayantara Sahgal

Nayantara Sahgal on writing political fiction, and her latest story about a dystopian Indian society

6 min read22 Sep 2017
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Nayantara Sahgal, Uday Prakash will not take back Sahitya Akademi awards

Uday Prakash says he will use award money towards revival of Sufi poet Amir Khusrau's works

2 min read23 Jan 2016
Opinion

Tolerance: a dull virtue

Ministerial bluster and prime ministerial silence are making intolerance, and indeed hatred, acceptable norms

4 min read2 Dec 2015
Opinion

The silence of free speech

The issue is not whether the writers are atheists or believers, but whether the government protects their right to write

4 min read18 Nov 2015
Mint-lounge

The war on silence

Indian writers can be heard like never before, while the Sahitya Akademi remains a limp body

7 min read12 Nov 2015
Politics

Narendra Modi fires back at critics who say intolerance rising in India

The Congress party has no right to talk about intolerance because it presided over the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that left about 3,000 people dead, Modi told a campaign rally in Bihar

1 min read2 Nov 2015
Politics

Authors urge Sahitya Akademi to reinvent itself

The authors urged the National Academy of Letters to build on the resolution passed during its recent emergency meet and respond in a 'strong, humane and robust' manner to situations

1 min read1 Nov 2015
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