Joe Sacco had gone to Palestine hoping to write a travelogue, but his reporter’s instincts kicked in once he started travelling. When he went back home to the US, he wrote and drew 'Palestine', a nine-part comics series, which won the National Book Award in 1996.
Much of Han Kang’s fiction traces the impact of the violence inflicted on ordinary lives by authoritarians and the burden of historical traumas
BY Vineetha Mokkil 18 October 2024
Han Kang is the author of novels including 'Human Acts', 'Greek Lessons', 'Your Cold Hands', 'The Wind Blows, Go', 'The Vegetarian' and more. Her stories are boundary-defying, provocative, sensual, visceral and often shocking.
BY Vineetha Mokkil 11 October 2024
AI systems homogenise language, whereas language runs like hot blood through a writer’s veins
BY Vineetha Mokkil 24 September 2024
The widely differing balance of power between the military and civilian leadership in India and Pakistan has significantly impacted democracy in the two countries
BY Vineetha Mokkil 14 September 2024
Even as the country faces existential threats, there may be hope ahead
BY Vineetha Mokkil 17 August 2024
The history of art and literature is riddled with contradictions. Sublime glory and unspeakable horrors emanate from the same human source
BY Vineetha Mokkil 8 August 2024
Asaram bapu's complex tale of faith, power, and controversy
BY Vineetha Mokkil 25 July 2024
Esther Duflo transforms her Nobel-winning insights into engaging stories for children
BY Vineetha Mokkil 14 July 2024
People’s movements to protect the environment are making major strides from Kashmir to Kerala
BY Vineetha Mokkil 11 July 2024
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