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Malavika Velayanikal

Art as an imitation of imitators

A police constable who moonlights as an art photographer has documented two unusual characters who have modelled themselves on Gandhi and MGR.
Section: Lifestyle  | Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00 IST

Book review: The Affair

Can a book pass off as a thriller if the first nine chapters take the reader ten days to plod through? Or if sleep creeps up on you by the end of each of those chapters? The book fails these essential thriller-tests.
Section: Lifestyle  | Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00 IST

Biggest challenge? To write simply

Tamarind City: Where Modern India Began, Bishwanath Ghosh’s second book, is just out. He tells DNA what keeps him going
Section: Bangalore  | Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:28 IST

‘Threat to literature: Illiterate reviewers, illiterate editors’

Writer Palash Krishna Mehrotra tells DNA what gets him up, what pulls him down and what keeps him going.
Section: Bangalore  | Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:17 IST

Writer's block: Inspired by mythology

It would be more appropriate to answer why I wrote Bali. Like in the murder mysteries, the answer has three parts: motive, opportunity and means.
Section: Bangalore  | Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:32 IST

Jahnavi Barua’s ultimate ambition — to keep writing

Bangalore-based writer Jahnavi Barua’s second book, Rebirth, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for 2012.
Section: Bangalore  | Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:21 IST

‘Bollywood, the worst example of storytelling’

The first book of Ashok Banker’s much-awaited ‘MBA’ Series has just been released. The writer tells DNA what gets him up, what pulls him down and what keeps him going.
Section: Entertainment  | Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:39 IST

A myth about writing: ‘You are the chosen one’

Writer Anjum Hasan tells LDNA what gets her up, what pulls her down and what keeps her going.
Section: Bangalore  | Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:57 IST

Mantrapped

Even admitting to harassment by a woman can seem like a slight to manhood. But when a man braves ridicule and comes out with it, not many will take his side.
Section: Lifestyle  | Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:05 IST

Violation of a woman’s birth-right

Women who end an unwanted pregnancy have to endure nightmarish indignities in a hypocritical society that has scant regard for women’s rights.
Section: Lifestyle  | Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:00 IST
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