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‘My saris and I have conversations’: Malvika Singh

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[ad_1] Malvika Singh’s Saris of Memory is, as she calls it, a “fragments of my life” memoir — a compilation of her involvement with textiles and the stories connected with them. Born in 1949 in Bombay, and belonging to a generation that saw the many stages of India post independence, the cultural doyenne was at the curbside […]

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Stabbed by a toothpick: lit fest parties and the slim pickings of authors’ lives

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[ad_1] It’s the season for literature festivals (and thus lit fest parties). That means it’s also high season for small bites and small talk. At a recent lit fest party, the Kolkata night still had a trace of chill. My shawl had emerged from its naphthalene hibernation. As I smiled, attempted witty banter and balanced […]

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