Articles tagged with 'india' — 3 found


On people, or: “I didn’t want to start with an issue”

Peter Hessler, former English teacher in China and author of several books on Chinese life and people, both historical and modern, is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow and long-form journalist. In his interview in reception of his prize, he spoke on what it is to write about China and Chinese life, to him: “There’s always been [...]

November 26th, 2011

The charm of Indian English, filled with literary gems

The Jaipur Literary Festival has become a literary institution and event in India, over the last half decade. “And what would your good name be, sir?” asked the greeter, with the Dickensian formality that only India has preserved. So begins writer Benjamin MacIntyre’s visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival (read it all here), an event [...]

January 29th, 2011

Discovering, India

A visit to the East, one of many rich, inspiring locales. There are many places in the world counted as historically valuable and culturally rich, places that inspire, bewilder, and enchant every generation who discovers them in their own way. And the experience is different for each person, different for the native resident, different for [...]

February 17th, 2010