Amulya Gopalakrishnan is a columnist with The Indian Express.
May 25,2014 00:54:26 AM
A check-your-privilege exercise would be so useful on our own campuses.
Sun, May 25, 2014May 11,2014 00:48:55 AM
We all exist in two states — one rational, and one given to lazy stereotypes.
Sat, May 10, 2014March 02,2014 00:33:45 AM
In an election year, political satire finds a new home on the internet.
Mon, Mar 03, 2014December 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, 2013September 22,2013 05:45:25 AM
Shuddh Desi Romance deserves applause for upturning the assumptions of Hindi movie romance
Sun, Sep 22, 2013September 01,2013 22:48:53 PM
Half a century of the cassette,a technology that truly brought music home
Sun, Sep 01, 2013August 18,2013 00:43:42 AM
When a sophisticated art form like Kathakali is cheerfully appropriated by commercials and movies
Sun, Aug 18, 2013July 20,2013 05:54:22 AM
An absorbing story about immigration,race and romance
Sat, Jul 20, 2013July 07,2013 05:44:31 AM
What,really,is the point of a degree in literature?
Sun, Jul 07, 2013June 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, 2013May 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, 2013May 05,2013 05:33:23 AM
How much is too much to suffer in the pursuit of beauty?
Sun, May 05, 2013March 31,2013 01:26:39 AM
Were all adept at communicating without words.
Sun, Mar 31, 2013March 10,2013 22:33:22 PM
A book that will change how you think of difference,parenting and commitment
Sun, Mar 10, 2013February 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, 2013November 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, 2012August 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, 2012August 23,2012 03:00:16 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
Thu, Aug 23, 2012July 07,2012 01:38:35 AM
Even in a politically correct world,accents remain the one thing we feel free to mock.
Sat, Jul 07, 2012June 23,2012 02:16:41 AM
Ive been reading Philip Larkins Letters to Monica,a book I coveted greatly,from reading the reviews.
Sat, Jun 23, 2012March 04,2012 03:28:29 AM
Theres a flip side to soft nepotism,you never know the freedom of real self-reliance.
Sun, Mar 04, 2012February 19,2012 02:20:06 AM
Some people never get over the anxiety of facing an audience.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012February 18,2012 03:36:30 AM
Katherine Boo takes you into the dreams and schemes,the decencies and selfishness of a Mumbai slum
Sat, Feb 18, 2012December 25,2011 02:48:19 AM
Why do people buy cards? It's not because they want to say how they feel. People buy cards because they can't say what they feel or are afraid to.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011November 27,2011 02:37:52 AM
What keeps the prohibitionists going,generation after generation?
Sun, Nov 27, 2011