At a time when the idea of the nation is in flux due to capitalism and changes in ideology, find out why it is imperative for us to read ‘The Anarchy’.
At a time when the idea of the nation is in flux due to capitalism and changes in ideology, find out why it is imperative for us to read ‘The Anarchy’.
Immigration feeds into survival, creating a constant loop. This is evocatively explored by Suketu Mehta in his book ‘This Land Is Our Land’.
Authors can be hard on strong women, often treating their independence as a transgression. Find out how empowered women in literature are demonised.
From the time we start reading, we see mothers portrayed in a certain way and this leads to “mother’s guilt”. Find out how.
Mills & Boons may be easy, breezy, and fun to read but should not be taken as representative of what love and romance are like in the real world.
Many believe that there is a definitive link between creativity and mental illness. Find out how mental illness impacted popular authors and their writing.
Why Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, has inspired so much fiction and some of the books he has featured in.
Written in reverential tones and with exceptional uniformity, North Korean literature functions like a weapon of mass destruction. Find out how.
The biographer chooses to tell some parts of the story and omit other parts. He also chooses the way in which the story is told. These decisions can heavily impact the “facts” of the story. In this feature, Deepika discusses how the bias of the biographer affects the book he is writing.
In 2015, Jhumpa Lahiri, the acclaimed English writer, released a book in Italian. In this piece, Deepika explores what could have driven an English author to write in a foreign language.
In the hands of an accomplished historian and travel writer like William Dalrymple, facts of the past become fodder for his travel ruminations. In this feature, Deepika discusses what makes Dalrymple a master storyteller.
Fairy tales perpetuate the myth of damsels in distress or that girls need to be saved by Prince Charming. In this piece, Deepika discusses a new kind of fairy tale book- Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls- which tells the stories of strong women who pursued and fulfilled their dreams against all adversity.
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