Novelist · Poet
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Author of The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart and The Palace of Illusions; her books have been translated into 29 languages.
Interviews
Conversations with Indian writers
Novelists, playwrights, poets and critics in conversation with Dr Vishwanath Bite, published open access in The Criterion.
Novelists
Novelist
Anita Nair
Author of Ladies Coupé, The Better Man and Mistress; translated into more than 30 languages.
Novelist
Kavery Nambisan
Novelist and doctor; author of Mango-Coloured Fish, The Hills of Angheri and On Wings of Butterflies.
Playwrights
Playwright
Mahesh Dattani
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning playwright of Tara, Final Solutions and Dance Like a Man.
Playwright
Abhishek Majumdar
Playwright and director whose work engages with conflict, politics and identity; staged internationally, including at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Playwright
Anupama Chandrasekhar
Chennai-based playwright produced in India, the UK and the USA; Free Outgoing premiered at the Royal Court Theatre.
Poets
Poet · Critic
K. Satchidanandan
Former Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi and one of India's foremost contemporary poets, translated into more than 25 languages.
Poet
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Poet and author of Where I Live; winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry, 2020.
Poet
Manohar Shetty
Goa-based poet; author of Domestic Creatures and Living Room.
Poet
Vinita Agrawal
Mumbai-based poet and editor; author of Words Not Spoken and The Longest Pleasure.
Poet · Critic
Nandini Sahu
Poet, critic and Professor at IGNOU; author of The Other Voice. Published in The Criterion, Vol. 6, Issue 1, February 2015.
Poet
Vihang A. Naik
Poet and editor from Gujarat; author of City Times and Other Poems.
Critics, academics and other writers
Film critic
Utpal Datta
National Film Award-winning film critic.
Novelist · Poet
Neelam Chandra
Author of novels, poetry collections and children's books; Limca Book of Records holder.
Writer · Academic
Basavaraj Naikar
Kannada and English writer, translator and retired Professor of English, Karnatak University.
Published in The Criterion
All interviews are open access in The Criterion: An International Journal in English, published by RCELL.