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Sarita Ravindranath

Mar 2, 20227 min read

‘Indian epics have to be seen in Indian terms, not Western terms’

"The left wing and the feminists attack you if you say good things about Ram. The right wing attacks if you say bad things about Ram....

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 28, 202210 min read

These walls can't stand forever: Ali Sethi

Ali Sethi, 25, is nursing a wound when I meet him at his hotel in Chennai. The Pakistani writer isn't sure how or when he hurt his toe....

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 28, 202212 min read

What makes Kannur politics so violent? A journalist explores

In football-crazy Kannur district, goal scoring doesn't always refer to a triumph on the pitch. The term is also a euphemism for the...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 24, 20229 min read

Beautiful Thing: Leela ki jawani

As a reporter, Sonia Faleiro walked the extra mile to tell the "unseen" stories of people we find so convenient to forget or dismiss as...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 23, 20228 min read

'Who's going to feed India if the farms die?'

Does it matter how much money you have if the air in your country is killing you? How does it benefit India if farmers are compelled to...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 9, 20226 min read

Ramayana: Lessons from Lalithambika Antharjanam's 1972 classic

The bullies from Kozhikode haven't just stopped Kerala scholar Dr MM Basheer from publishing an essay on the Ramayana. The Hanuman Sena's...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 8, 20224 min read

Life ain’t like an Agatha Christie novel: Ian Rankin

For Ian Rankin, it was never enough to know who killed whom and why. Not even when he was 11. The best-selling crime fiction writer does...

Sarita Ravindranath

Feb 7, 202214 min read

Interview with Sudeep Chakravarti: 'Maoists have the power to implode India'

2009 interview with Sudeep Chakravarti, author of Red Sun

Sarita Ravindranath

Dec 2, 20218 min read

Airports, critics & a fish: Conversation with Alain de Botton

He has followed the blood-soaked journey of a tuna fish from the Indian Ocean in the Maldives to a dinner table in London for his book,...