India, June 10 -- Your book is based partly on your research with Janpahal. What were your research questions? When, where and with whom did you conduct your fieldwork? To be more precise, it is not ... Read More
India, June 6 -- Writers often worry about being forgotten or becoming irrelevant, but your books have been enjoyed by several generations. Penguin is celebrating your 92nd birthday by publishing The ... Read More
India, June 6 -- Writers often worry about becoming irrelevant, but your books have been enjoyed by several generations. How does it feel to receive all this love? I look back with a lot of gratitude,... Read More
India, June 4 -- Poppy Alexander's warm, witty novel The Battle of the Bookshops is set in Portneath, a fictional seaside town in England, where two booklovers - Jules Capelthorne and Roman Montbeau -... Read More
India, May 26 -- What aspects of Kazakh culture would you like people from other countries to know and appreciate? Music can be a beautiful entry point for a person who is curious about another cultu... Read More
India, May 19 -- MS Swaminathan's wife, Mina, is your father's first cousin. Were you not worried about the book being hagiographical since you were writing about your uncle? No, I wasn't. But I've h... Read More
India, May 11 -- Your new album Jaan Meri marks 50 years of your journey as a ghazal singer. Do you remember the first ghazal that you sang? That's right; these 50 years have passed by so quickly! I ... Read More
India, May 7 -- Usha Uthup's very existence is a slap on the face of both misogyny and ageism. The 78-year-old singer, whose roaring voice combines sensuality with playfulness, had audiences at The Sa... Read More
India, April 27 -- You call yourself a "single father". How did you grow into this identity? I came to this realisation in the small nitty-gritty nuances of daily life. I live as a bachelor in my hou... Read More
India, April 20 -- Your book Wrestling Day released recently. What was it like to create a book with Naga characters and set in Kohima, which is rare for Indian children's publishing in English? It w... Read More