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Amulya Gopalakrishnan

Amulya Gopalakrishnan is a columnist with The Indian Express.

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Speaking for myself: Lucky, Lucky UsSubscriber Only

May 25,2014 00:54:26 AM

A check-your-privilege exercise would be so useful on our own campuses.

Sun, May 25, 2014

Speaking for myself: Us and ThemSubscriber Only

May 11,2014 00:48:55 AM

We all exist in two states — one rational, and one given to lazy stereotypes.

Sat, May 10, 2014

Mirth of a Nation: Political satire finds a new home on the internetSubscriber Only

March 02,2014 00:33:45 AM

In an election year, political satire finds a new home on the internet.

Mon, Mar 03, 2014

The Missionary in PoliticsSubscriber Only

December 29,2013 03:46:11 AM

2013 was the year of the aam aadmi,as Arvind Kejriwal came out of nowhere and suckerpunched the political establishment

Sun, Dec 29, 2013

The Marriage PlotSubscriber Only

September 22,2013 05:45:25 AM

Shuddh Desi Romance deserves applause for upturning the assumptions of Hindi movie romance

Sun, Sep 22, 2013

Audio cassette: Rewind and RememberSubscriber Only

September 01,2013 22:48:53 PM

Half a century of the cassette,a technology that truly brought music home

Sun, Sep 01, 2013

Mera Wala GreenSubscriber Only

August 18,2013 00:43:42 AM

When a sophisticated art form like Kathakali is cheerfully appropriated by commercials and movies

Sun, Aug 18, 2013

A Language of Foreign ThingsSubscriber Only

July 20,2013 05:54:22 AM

An absorbing story about immigration,race and romance

Sat, Jul 20, 2013

Because Its FunSubscriber Only

July 07,2013 05:44:31 AM

What,really,is the point of a degree in literature?

Sun, Jul 07, 2013

First Person SingularSubscriber Only

June 02,2013 19:51:17 PM

In her story about herself,Madhu Purnima Kishwar is a woman without attachments,an ideological free agent.

Sun, Jun 02, 2013

A Life Less HackableSubscriber Only

May 19,2013 05:55:46 AM

Like everyone else,the more chaos my life is pitched into,the more I seek out visions of calm and control.

Sun, May 19, 2013

Painful IllusionsSubscriber Only

May 05,2013 05:33:23 AM

How much is too much to suffer in the pursuit of beauty?

Sun, May 05, 2013

Talk to the HandSubscriber Only

March 31,2013 01:26:39 AM

Were all adept at communicating without words.

Sun, Mar 31, 2013

People Unlike UsSubscriber Only

March 10,2013 22:33:22 PM

A book that will change how you think of difference,parenting and commitment

Sun, Mar 10, 2013

A Magazine for All of UsSubscriber Only

February 24,2013 06:20:06 AM

A young man called William Roy DeWitt Wallace,recuperating from a shrapnel wound in France after World War I,found himself reflecting on the media-saturated times he lived in.

Sun, Feb 24, 2013

Difficult PleasuresSubscriber Only

November 03,2012 02:48:57 AM

NW is an impressive formal experiment for Zadie Smith,but less fun than you might expect from her

Sat, Nov 03, 2012

This East versus West narrative is just a construction of Western elites,a pep talkSubscriber Only

August 26,2012 02:01:02 AM

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia,Pankaj Mishras new book,traces submerged strands of anti-colonial thought in Asia,exploring the intellectual journeys of figures such as Jamal al-Din al-Afghani,Liang Qichao and Rabindranath Tagore. He talks to Amulya Gopalakrishnan about that history of engagement,about Indias ideological climate,and why we need a culture of reasonable expectations

Sun, Aug 26, 2012