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Read Aloud, Write Aloud: Margaret Atwood’s Advice
Whenever I’m asked to talk about what constitutes a “good” story, or what makes one well-written story “better” than another, I begin to feel very uncomfortable. Once you start making lists or devising rules for stories, or for any other kind of writing, some writer will be sure to happen along and casually break every… Read more
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A 19th-Century Advisory on Romantic Love
You’ve been in love, of course! If not you’ve got it to come. Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Also like the measles, we take it only once. One never need be afraid of catching it a second time. The man who has had it can go into the… Read more
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Have Grammar Rules Changed?
Of course, they have. Grammar is not a static idea; it evolves with the passage of time, exposure to new ideas and cultures, and intrusion of some creative geniuses. That’s why it is important to recognise that many of the grammar and style rules you were taught never to break may have changed. In fact,… Read more
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Gossips from the Mughal Courts
In all of Delhi’s history, at no period was that thin dress of civilisation more beautiful – or more woven – than during the first half of the seventeenth century, during the Golden Age of Shah Jehan. After the death of his beloved queen Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jehan decided to move his court from Agra… Read more
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Richard Dawkins Tells the Story of Human Eye
Long after The Origin of Species was published Charles Darwin confessed, in a letter to an American colleague: ‘The eye, to this day, gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine known gradations, my reason tells me I ought to conquer the cold shoulder.’ It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say… Read more
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What Happens When a Sufi’s Wife Cheats on Him
Part of Rumi’s Masnavi, a series of six books of poetry, is the story about The Sufi and His Cheating Wife. Here is what it means when translated to English. Read more
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