The Hindu Lit for Life 2023: interview with William Dalrymple, author and historian

The Hindu Lit for Life 2023: interview with William Dalrymple, author and historian

William Dalrymple will speak at The Hindu Lit for Life in Chennai on February 25, 2023. When William Dalrymple first came to Delhi, the city’s roads were dotted with Maruti cars. He lived in a tiny two-room house near the tomb of Nizamuddin. He was greeted with dust-laden windows, cobwebs in the corners of his […]

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The Hindu Lit for Life 2023 | In conversation with Shrayana Bhattacharya, economist and author of Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh

The Hindu Lit for Life 2023 | In conversation with Shrayana Bhattacharya, economist and author of Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh

Shrayana Bhattacharya will speak at The Hindu Lit for Life in Chennai on February 25, 2023. Shrayana Bhattacharya’s Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence is one of those interdisciplinary books that defy easy categorisation.  It is primarily a book about Indian women, their aspirations, their systemically undervalued labour, […]

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