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Devapriya Roy
Devapriya Roy is a Delhi-based author. Her most recent book is Cat People, an edited anthology with contributions mostly from cat lovers, but also a few haters
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My father-in-law raised two sons after a tragedy. This is what he taught usSubscriber Only
May 05,2025 15:15:29 PM
As I have come to realise, parenting does not end with the children growing up; it ends only with the parent’s passing. Even in death, my father-in-law knew what each son could survive — one needed to be by his side, the other, far away
Sun, May 11, 2025
Bhetki, bhakti and Bengalis: In C R Park, a fishy businessSubscriber Only
April 15,2025 11:45:19 AM
Personally, I don’t think there is any real threat to the fish market: At the Opposition’s attacks, one of the leading lights of the government not only invoked the legality of the shops and the devotion of the fish sellers but even praised the high standards of hygiene maintained. I’d allowed myself only the mildest of chuckles at that last bit.
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
Beyond the locked door, a little giggle: The challenge of being both writer and motherSubscriber Only
March 08,2025 12:25:50 PM
I have a toddler in the house. And its QED only seems to suggest a banal truism: Women with small children can’t write
Mon, Mar 10, 2025
Keki Daruwalla: A poet of grace and generositySubscriber Only
September 28,2024 01:50:39 AM
This last year of his illness had coincided with my father-in-law’s terminal illness, and the news of his loss jolted me out of our mourning over Daddy’s death in July. Grief upon grief split something open inside — it allowed me to find words again
Sat, Sep 28, 2024
In ‘The Cooking of Books’, Ramachandra Guha tips a hat to the chemistry between writer and editorSubscriber Only
April 12,2024 22:23:59 PM
The books is a personal history of his long association – mostly, literary, but also collegian – with editor-publisher, Rukun Advani
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
Valentine’s Day as new parents: Love in the time of diapersSubscriber Only
February 14,2024 07:07:15 AM
What changes in the face of a new and frantic love, so demanding that everything else receded in its wake?
Wed, Feb 14, 2024
Can a novel compete with OTT platforms? Annie Zaidi’s City of Incident shows the waySubscriber Only
June 04,2022 10:35:15 AM
In the quiet transformative pull of Zaidi's prose, the reader emerges refreshed
Sat, Jun 04, 2022
On Mother’s Day, a writer on the questions only a mother can askSubscriber Only
May 08,2022 16:53:35 PM
And the stories through which she lives her mother’s childhood vicariously.
Sun, May 08, 2022
When the life of the mind is nourished by a pot of fragrant, slow-cooked haleemSubscriber Only
December 23,2021 10:00:13 AM
An unconventional Christmas gift that enlivens what might, otherwise, have been a dull festive day
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
Namita Gokhale’s The Blind Matriarch mimics the uncertainties of our chaotic livesSubscriber Only
November 05,2021 13:37:22 PM
While extraordinary reporting from all over the world has kept us in news, it is fiction we must turn to for sense
Fri, Nov 05, 2021
The University That Built MeSubscriber Only
January 12,2020 06:30:02 AM
At Jawaharlal Nehru University, I learned to shed my many layers of privilege and realised that there is nothing apolitical about life.
Sun, Jan 12, 2020
Flour, water, sugar, magic — the secret to making the most soul-satisfying apple tartSubscriber Only
April 21,2019 08:00:31 AM
How I learned from my professor’s mother — who spoke only a little English — the secret to making the simplest, most soul-satisfying apple tart ever, the Tarte Elbeuf.
Sun, Apr 21, 2019
The SisterhoodSubscriber Only
February 09,2019 02:22:00 AM
Anita Nair’s latest novel returns to a familiar terrain — the inner lives of Indian women
Sat, Feb 09, 2019
Home Thoughts From AbroadSubscriber Only
December 23,2018 06:00:03 AM
Memories of Christmas are inextricably linked to the communal celebration of the festival in Kolkata and the camaraderie that existed between neighbours.
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
The Last (Re)CourseSubscriber Only
November 25,2018 06:00:16 AM
What happens when your dream of presiding over a cooking competition comes to life?
Sun, Nov 25, 2018
After I DoSubscriber Only
September 22,2018 00:15:46 AM
An examination of marriage raises the right questions not just about the institution, but also of the successes and failures of the great Indian family.
Sat, Sep 22, 2018
A Way to the WordsSubscriber Only
December 17,2017 00:00:15 AM
A writing holiday in Jaipur teaches you to slow down, and why getting away gives you all the time in the world.
Sun, Dec 17, 2017
Cooking with Pragyasundari: A woman of the Tagore household tells you how to make bhapa ilishSubscriber Only
October 08,2017 00:11:56 AM
Some cookbooks you don’t just read; you inherit them. They take you back to your grandma’s kitchens in Margaon or Kottayam or Kolkata, and serve up a taste of home. Here, a woman of the Tagore household, who spent her life perfecting recipes, tells you how to make bhapa ilish.
Sun, Oct 08, 2017
Meet the RichSubscriber Only
August 19,2017 02:02:45 AM
Middle-class realities collide with high-end dreams in this humorous novel of manners
Sat, Aug 19, 2017
Reality BitesSubscriber Only
April 01,2017 00:13:32 AM
Once upon a time, Badami Bagh was an orchard of almond trees, where, in 1857, revolutionaries carried out clandestine operations (later, the British hung them from the very branches they’d plotted under).
Sat, Apr 01, 2017
You Are Rich, When The Story is Your CurrencySubscriber Only
December 25,2016 00:02:03 AM
On a Rs 500-a-day budget, a couple sets out to see India. In Orchha, under a withering sun, they scrimp a little less, make new friends and learn, belatedly, the virtues of patience.
Sun, Dec 25, 2016
Fire on the MountainSubscriber Only
December 10,2016 00:17:29 AM
A novel, with a distinct Indian voice, about life and love in colonial Kumaon.
Sat, Dec 10, 2016
Book review: The Sum of All FearsSubscriber Only
August 06,2016 00:31:35 AM
Karan Mahajan’s second novel is superbly written with only one flaw at its heart
Sat, Aug 06, 2016
View from the window seat: How a couple left everything to explore IndiaSubscriber Only
February 28,2016 00:01:40 AM
Travelling through India shows that the country is animated by a singular force of life.
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
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