Nandini has this way of spending so much time with the interviewee that one ends up spilling some beans and having so much fun. Two of my most exhausting and satisfying interviews have been with Nandini. Here is the second one, please read …
Tags: fountainINK, INK, Nandini Krishnan, Roll of Honour
Time after time, The Hindu really gets me right. This time it was Swati Daftuar an alumni of Asian College of Journalism and Welham Girls, both my alma maters. Thank you Swati!
‘I feel our literature lacks that seer point of view — one that shows a path or even adequately problematises our crises. That engagement, and not entertainment alone, remains the main function of literature. We are not there yet.’
Please read here …
Tags: Amandeep Sandhu, Roll of Honour, The Hindu Prize 2013 shortlist
This is what happens when you have been roaming the Dargahs and tombs of Sirhind and get late keeping your appointment with dear friend and contemporary intellectual from Punjab Daljit Ami. By way of penalty, he calls you to the studio and forces a brief interview on you. My first in Punjabi. Interview by Jaideep.
Please see here …
Tags: 1984, Bluestar, Khalistan, military school, Mrs. Gandhi, Punjab, Roll of Honour, schizophrenia, Sepia Leaves
Nandini Krishnan is a writer-journalist friend. Her first interview for the first story in her book on arranged marriages Hitched took place in my barsati in Delhi. I wasn’t the subject. But I had the opportunity to review the book recently for the Indian Express.
Please read here…
Tags: Arranged Marriages, Hitched, Indian Express, Nandini Krishnan