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Being a land of many languages, India’s media is no monolithic phenomenon. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the regional differences, the vernacular media has a uniformity of character. Thus we can broadly categorize the Indian media into the English version and the vernacular variety. The difference between these is more pronounced in the ‘space value’ of the print media than in the ‘airtime quality’ of the electronic variant.Over to the English print media first. The lament of the learned is that sparse is the space for literature in it. And their nostalgia is for the media that propped up fiction through its columns in the golden era of the novel in Europe. After all, weren’t the...

Where to look for the soul of India in print, or now in digital mode? Is it in the writings of those for whom the muse is their mother tongue or those who happen to muse in the alien English? Where to savour the flavour of Indian life in fictional form? Is it in that ‘stronger and more important body of work of Indian writers working in English’ as trumpeted by Salman Rushdie or in the supposedly ‘true to life’ depictions (not the same thing as the examination of the human condition) on the variegate canvas of regional languages penned by the vernacular writers?  And certainly, it is an overkill on the part of the bhasha writers to suggest, as was done, that ‘an...

Who says awkward people can’t be Lovers?” goes the first line of the little novelette. I happened to be in the mood to “write a book” since a lot of people I knew were raving about doing this.So, with no experience and armed with the knowledge of a free writing course I found online, I spent close to 9 hours writing this tiny book. The book was published about a year ago, and this is a review written by a prominent Indian book blogger.In his review, Kevein Mallik, who rated the book 5 stars, has used words like “heart-warming” and “steady romance” in his review To tell the truth, as a new writer, who only had a little experience writing short stories on Wattpad, I never dream...