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Manu Joseph: Why examining mental health can be pointless beyond a point

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- A few days ago, Baek Sehee died. She was 35. Her memoir about her suspicion that she was mentally ill, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, sold more than a million copies... Read More


Nobel prize-winning writers are often very hard to read-but that may be the point

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- I was reading Laszló Krasznahorkai and I thought early humans must have invented entertainment to escape from that feeling. It felt like living in a moment where a voice mak... Read More


What Israel's war in Gaza reveals about the nature of cruelty and the myths around it

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Once again, the Levant is on the verge of peace. I know what to say about how long this peace would last, but I wish to be more hopeful than prescient, even though I am a columni... Read More