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Stories That Refuse Simplicity

New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- "Many concentric circles ripple out when a stone is flung into the quiet and still waters of a lake bordered by fig and olive trees and the star-shaped night-blooming jasmine. Do... Read More


A Map Written in Speech

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- 'Auqaat' - that ubiquitous word we hear in North India especially - is actually the plural of 'waqt' (in the same way that 'akhbaar' is the plural of 'khabar'). To remember one's ... Read More


A Life Performed, Not Explained

New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- Art should comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable - the artist and the audience together shape the lived legacy of the art. In the theatre traditions of contemporary ... Read More


Still Writing Our Lives

New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a keen wit and excellent prose must be in want of a publisher. But even if her various novels do not f... Read More