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Who is Amrit Wilson, 85-yr-old author whose OCI card was revoked over ‘anti-India propaganda’

Born in Kolkata in 1941, Amrit Wilson finds herself at the centre of a legal storm as she challenges the Centre’s decision to cancel her OCI status over allegations of 'anti-India activities'.

‘He took language to level of art’ — Vinod Kumar Shukla’s PEN/Nabokov award seen as fillip for Hindi

Shukla's award comes close on the heels of the International Man Booker Prize won by Tomb of Sand, the English translation of Geetanjali Shree's Reit Samadhi, last year.

Award from ‘anti-art’ state? No, thanks. Poet Ashu Lal refuses Pakistan’s top literary prize

Poet Ashu Lal says Pakistan Academy of Letters’ top literary award is 'politically motivated'. But his affiliation with opposition PPP is well known.

Author Debleena Majumdar on her book ‘Sabu’, and a lot more

'Authoring a book like Sabu gave me the chance to revisit my enduring love for history and for research. And I am forever grateful for that opportunity,' says Debleena Majumdar.

Sachchidanand Sinha’s work is a reminder of what the Republic of India is. We must cherish it

At 93, Sachchidanand Sinha is a bridge between two centuries, someone who brings lessons of the 20th-century ideological debates to our times.

Off The Cuff with Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama, political scientist, author, and Senior Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute, was the guest at ThePrint's Off the Cuff. Fukuyama talked about...

Untold story of Charles Dickens’ final hours: What you didn’t know about his death and burial

New evidence from libraries, archives and cathedral vaults prove that claims about Dickens' Westminster burial being the will of the people are false.

In era of Chetan Bhagat, Netflix & Twitter celebrity, the undiscovered author has lost

Small publishers find themselves in a tight corner — GST has hit where it hurts with increased production costs, Amazon is squeezing the average bookstore out of business and celebrity sells.

Mamoni Raisom Goswami — the voice of the oppressed who fought for peace in Assam

Indira Goswami, known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami, battled severe depression to write about the lives of people subjugated by social structures.

Off The Cuff with Amish Tripathi

This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Indian Author, Amish Tripathi in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Mahrukh Inayet, Contributing Editor...

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.