under Devika Bakshi

Birth of the Indian Undead

What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

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22 May 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
Nothing Lush, Soft or Verdant

Taiye Selasi’s first novel runs circles around the ‘African story’ you’re used to

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9 May 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
Behind Every Great Book

David Ebershoff is the editor of two Pulitzer Prize-winning books this year. He speaks of his obsession with the manuscripts he works on

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1 May 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
The Conversationalist

Mohsin Hamid talks about his new novel, the inevitability of acknowledging the reader, and how his writing has been changed by fatherhood

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17 Apr 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
In the Garden of Theatrical Delights

An extraordinary production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale breaks the monotony of theatre as usual

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10 Apr 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
Still Quite a Quiverful

Jeffrey Archer has no clue what makes great literature but is never short of stories to tell

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1 Apr 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
What Women Want

Kasturba Panda ki Pantie cracks jokes about a housewife’s longing for liberation. While the humour may be crass, her desire is not

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13 Mar 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
‘If you have a belief system, give up art’

Howard Jacobson on jealousy among great writers, his fear of obscurity, and why aspiring writers must rid themselves of ideology

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6 Mar 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
The Binge Writer

Madeline Miller can write for 14 hours a day and still maintains she does not deserve to be called a writer.

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7 Feb 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
Dissent and Gag

A brief history of offence and censorship in India

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6 Feb 2013 | BY Devika Bakshi
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