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Tell us about yourself. How did you start writing?I have been writing since childhood. Apparently, when I was asked the all important ‘what do you...

The country is going through tough times. Poverty, sickness, mismanagement, corruption and misgovernance are rampant and almost omnipresent....

Instead we get a compilation of his ‘achievements and accolades’ during his tenure at the post. The book is divided into varied chapters that unravel...

Shawshank Redemption was the first thought that came to my head when I was done reading Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner. Honestly, it was a strange...

Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

Like Indrajit Hazra, I was born and bred in Kolkata. Unlike him, I was a bokhate chele (mildly put, a wayward boy) and have lived the city not through...

Blanche Dubois says in A Streetcar Named Desire – ‘Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.’ Ironically that very...

It’s a story about how far apples of the same tree can go on falling off the branches, but it’s also a story about how the parent tree remains central...

Do you have a dream? One which doesn’t let you sleep and keeps you on your toes almost every waking minute of your day? Are you ready to go to any...

Sikkim is back on the literary map. After a scintillating debut with The Gurkha’s Daughter, a short story collection that brought us closer to life...

What prompted you to write The Treasure of Kafur?Indian history presents an enormously rich treasure trove of events and personalities spanning...