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Nawaid Anjum

Nawaid Anjum is an independent culture journalist and feature writer, translator, essayist and poet based in New Delhi. He earlier worked with The Indian Express and The Asian Age. His poetry has appeared in several literary journals, including Muse India and The Punch Magazine, and two anthologies: A World Rediscovered, edited by Jean LeBlanc, and Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians (Sahitya Akademi, 2019), edited by Sudeep Sen. His articles, interviews, book reviews and essays appear in Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Mint Lounge, First Post, Financial Express and The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle. You can read them all here. His Twitter handle is: @nawaidanjum. He can be reached here: [email protected].    

ARTICLES

Ritu Menon on the Life and Times of Zohra Segal

Ritu Menon on the Life and Times of Zohra Segal

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Nidhie Sharma: ‘I am drawn to inner battles  more because they are harder to fight’

Nidhie Sharma: ‘I am drawn to inner battles more because they are harder to fight’

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The Gulammohammed Sheikh Interview: Portrait of An Artist

The Gulammohammed Sheikh Interview: Portrait of An Artist

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Open Call for Rs 25 million grants: Jonathan Kennedy, Director Arts  India at British Council, on ‘India-UK Together 2022 Programme’

Open Call for Rs 25 million grants: Jonathan Kennedy, Director Arts India at British Council, on ‘India-UK Together 2022 Programme’

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The Gopi Chand Narang Interview: ‘Mir, a master  of style and lyricism, created magic in his poetry’

The Gopi Chand Narang Interview: ‘Mir, a master of style and lyricism, created magic in his poetry’

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Jogen Chowdhury: The Enchantment of the Everyday

Jogen Chowdhury: The Enchantment of the Everyday

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Songs for the Other: Priya Darshini on Her Grammy Nomination

Songs for the Other: Priya Darshini on Her Grammy Nomination

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Mita Vasisht: ‘I want the directors to want me’

Mita Vasisht: ‘I want the directors to want me’

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Birth and death in the time of the pandemic: Emma Donoghue on her novel set during 1918 Spanish flu

Birth and death in the time of the pandemic: Emma Donoghue on her novel set during 1918 Spanish flu

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: The Hollows of Grief

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: The Hollows of Grief

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Gabriela Cabezon Camara: ‘It’s important for us to be able to imagine other possible worlds’

Gabriela Cabezon Camara: ‘It’s important for us to be able to imagine other possible worlds’

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Another Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

Another Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

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The Style Mile Men of Mehrauli

The Style Mile Men of Mehrauli

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 We are the results of the movies  that we watch: Sebastiano Riso

We are the results of the movies that we watch: Sebastiano Riso

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I enter the unknown spontaneously: Vivan Sundaram

I enter the unknown spontaneously: Vivan Sundaram

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Riyas Komu: The Anatomy of Angst

Riyas Komu: The Anatomy of Angst

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The other India is the country’s larger reality: Dinesh Khanna

The other India is the country’s larger reality: Dinesh Khanna

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An Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

An Almost Made Up Poem and other poems

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Preti Taneja: A Gaze at World’s Darkness

Preti Taneja: A Gaze at World’s Darkness

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Anjum Rajabali: In Search of  a Good Story

Anjum Rajabali: In Search of a Good Story

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M.G. Vassanji: Interpreter of Memories

M.G. Vassanji: Interpreter of Memories

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Keshav Suri: India’s enfant terrible

Keshav Suri: India’s enfant terrible

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Kazuo Ishiguro: A writer of the floating world

Kazuo Ishiguro: A writer of the floating world

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A novel summarises consciousness: Man Booker Prize juror Lila Azam Zanganeh

A novel summarises consciousness: Man Booker Prize juror Lila Azam Zanganeh

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Great fiction moves beyond borders: Man Booker Prize juror Sarah Hall

Great fiction moves beyond borders: Man Booker Prize juror Sarah Hall

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Why Faiz must be read today more than ever

Why Faiz must be read today more than ever

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In telling a story there’s an implicit bond, an embrace: Graham Swift

In telling a story there’s an implicit bond, an embrace: Graham Swift

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I like to play with form, material: G R Iranna

I like to play with form, material: G R Iranna

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World Cinema: Israel’s master of mise en scene

World Cinema: Israel’s master of mise en scene

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Real beauty is linked to truth: Shakti Maira

Real beauty is linked to truth: Shakti Maira

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Publishers must focus on authors, and telling stories: Charlie Redmayne

Publishers must focus on authors, and telling stories: Charlie Redmayne

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My art practice is about social conditions, issues that affect women: Anila Quayyum Agha

My art practice is about social conditions, issues that affect women: Anila Quayyum Agha

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I wanted to preserve short story's power in a novel: Anuradha Roy

I wanted to preserve short story's power in a novel: Anuradha Roy

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