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Articles by Kunal Ray

Decolonising minds, reimagining literature

Thiong’o did many radical things as a writer but the most important is his decision to quit writing in English around 1977 and switch to writing in his mother tongue, Gikuyu (Wikipedia)

Published on May 31, 2025 06:25 PM IST

Bena Sareen: “Every book is a new challenge”

Bena Sareen (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Apr 26, 2025 06:42 AM IST

The cinema ecosystem Shyam Benegal created

Mumbai: In this Friday, June 14, 2024 file image, filmmaker Shyam Benegal during the release of a special postal cover to mark Film Heritage Foundation's 10th anniversary, in Mumbai. Benegal passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 in Mumbai. He was 90. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) (PTI)

Published on Dec 25, 2024 08:23 PM IST

V Geetha: “India is a land of many times”

V Geetha (Courtsesy the subject)

Published on Nov 01, 2024 09:53 PM IST

Behind that fading Hindi movie magic

Jaipur: Actors Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor address a press conference of film 'Stree -2', in Jaipur, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 08:20 PM IST

Appadurai Muttulingam – “You can call me a world citizen”

Author Appadurai Muttulingam (Courtesy the author)

Published on Sep 06, 2024 07:58 PM IST

To Lunuganga – architecture as autobiography

Located on the banks of the Dedduwa lake, Lunuganga turned 75 last year. (© Geoffrey Bawa and Lunuganga Trusts)

Published on Jun 27, 2024 08:48 PM IST

Review: Maria Just Maria by Sandhya Mary

A seemingly “normal” girl cycling down a street in Kochi, Kerala. (Matthew Williams-Ellis/Universal via Getty Images)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:14 AM IST

When space shrinks for writing on the arts

TM Krishna singing at Kala Mandapam, Qaisarbagh, Lucknow. (Courtesy Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival)

Published on Apr 05, 2024 11:47 PM IST

Charlotte Ager – “Self-doubt can completely freeze you up”

Illustrator Charlotte Ager (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Mar 29, 2024 07:16 PM IST

Musician who deeply thought about her art

Born on September 13, 1932 in Pune, Prabha Atre trained in the “guru-shishya” tradition, known as the “Gurukul” system, by the two stalwarts of the Kirana Gharana — the late Pandit Sureshbabu Mane and his sister Padmabhushan Hirabai Badodekar. (HT FILE)

Published on Jan 15, 2024 12:27 PM IST

AJ Thomas – “If the narrative element is strong, the story will hold”

AJ Thomas, editor and translator, The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Dec 16, 2023 05:50 AM IST

Actor, superstar, change: The case of Mammootty

Kaathal The Core: Jyothika and Mammootty's film

Published on Dec 15, 2023 10:15 PM IST

Ahalya Matthan - “It allows you to come close to precious historical textiles”

Ahalya Matthan of The Registry of Sarees that has published The Saree in Nine Stories. (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Aug 25, 2023 08:37 PM IST

Interview: Daniel Hahn, translator - “Awards are a statement of what we value”

Daniel Hahn photographed at the Story Museum in Oxford, UK. (John Lawrence)

Updated on May 30, 2023 09:56 AM IST

Ways of seeing: Atul Dodiya and the cinema

Uma, 2020-2022; (Sharmila Tagore as Uma in Anupama, 1966; Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee) (From the show Dr Banerjee in Dr Kulkarni’s Nursing Home & Other Paintings 2020-2022 by Atul Dodiya)

Updated on Feb 16, 2023 09:30 AM IST

HT reviewer Kunal Ray picks his favourite read of 2022

Becoming the song: On Teejan Bai, an exponent of Pandavani, a folk music form involving the narration of tales from the Mahabharata. (HT Team)

Published on Dec 23, 2022 04:35 PM IST

Interview: Ramu Katakam, author, Spaces in Time – A Life in Architecture - “I yearn for a return to basics”

Architect and design thinker Ramu Katakam (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Dec 02, 2022 04:28 PM IST

Interview: Jayasree Kalathil, translator - “Read the text for what it is”

Translator Jayasree Kalathil (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Nov 18, 2022 09:44 PM IST

Review: Valli by Sheela Tomy

On the road in the Western Ghats. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 05, 2022 01:55 AM IST

Review: Adam by S Hareesh

Kerala, where the magical and the real constantly intersect. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jun 04, 2022 01:09 AM IST

Review: The Blue Book - A Writer’s Journal by Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar’s paintings and sketches speak eloquently. (From The Blue Book - A Writer’s Journal)

Published on Mar 25, 2022 05:29 PM IST

Review: Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures byRochona Majumdar

A still from Meghe Dhaka Tara by Ritwik Ghatak. (HT Photo)

Published on Feb 04, 2022 11:05 PM IST

Rebel without a pause: A Wknd interview with Tamil writer Ambai

(Photo: Indian Express Archive / Amit Chakravarty)

Updated on Jan 08, 2022 07:50 PM IST

HT reviewer Kunal Ray picks his favourite reads of 2021

Rodrigo Garcia’s heartwarming account of the last days of his parents, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mercedes Barcha. (HT Team)

Updated on Dec 17, 2021 02:56 PM IST

Interview: M Mukundan, author, Delhi, A Soliloquy – “I always dream in Malayalam”

Author M Mukundan (Courtesy JCB Prize)

Published on Dec 03, 2021 05:42 PM IST

Review: Two books on the artists Mehlli Gobhai and Somnath Hore

A spread from Somnnath Hore; Wounds (Courtesy art1st)

Published on Sep 24, 2021 05:21 PM IST

Interview: Shilpa Gupta, artist and author, Drawing in the Dark

Artist and author Shilpa Gupta (Shrutti Garg)

Published on Sep 11, 2021 03:01 PM IST

Review: This Life At Play; Memoirs by Girish Karnad

Manohar Singh in Tughlaq staged at Purana Qila, Delhi in 1972. (Courtesy HarperCollins)

Updated on Jul 23, 2021 07:14 PM IST

Review: Delhi - A Soliloquy by M Mukundan

Delhi tales: Hastsal Minar stands amid concrete houses at Uttam Nagar in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar/HT Archive)

Published on Jun 04, 2021 05:25 PM IST

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