POETRY OR PROSE: What chooses the writer?
Let me be honest. That’s the whole point of writing, isn’t it? To speak your truth? So let me be honest. When I wrote my first collection of poems, Radha, there were those who asked, ‘Why bother? Who reads English poetry?’ And while
THE MAGIC OF MYTHOLOGY
In recent times, the tidal wave of interest in alternative mythology as a genre has become a publishing phenomenon in India. Thanks to the extraordinary success of authors such as Ashwin Sanghi, Arshia Sattar, Anand Neelakantan, Devdutt Pattnaik, Kavita Kane
THE OTHER GUY
It has been two years since Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was read down, de-criminalizing homosexuality in India. I saw it as a landmark judgement that influenced the lives of millions. Acceptance of the LGBT identity has still to