Select Essays, articles and reviews

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In Shimla, with filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan 

Solitary women of novels 

The writerly world of Vinod Kumar Shukla

Krishna Sobti, her final words 

Krishna Sobti, an obituary

Remembering Krishna Baldev Vaid

Rains in cinema and literature 

The iconic novel Raag Darbari 

The Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai

Three essays on Indian languages and the crisis of secularism 

The first defeat of secularism was recorded in Hindi heartland 

English needs to bridge the gap with Indian languages

Mediocrity has stifled Hindi's soul

In the ruins of Bihar: A political crisis through the prism of poetry 

The failures of Rahul Gandhi 

The temptations of Twitter journalism 

MK Gandhi biography by Ramachandra Guha 

Salman Rushdie's novel Quichotee

The genius philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi 

Toni Morrison's memoir Mouth Full of Blood

Arundhati Roy's novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Milan Vaishnav's book on political corruption When Crime Pays