The search for the meaning of life has long been linked with an idea of purposefulness. Within the traditional Hindu caste system, one derived a purpose by virtue of birth into a specific caste group...

Nepal watchers will get their fix with this non-hagiographic take on the man who has dominated the country's politics, for better or worse, for the greater part of two decades. Deepak Adhikari's insights into the...

A mistri is a craftsman, and it was no surprise when Rohinton Mistry was last year awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In an essay titled Rohinton Mistry's Omniscient Gaze in this issue of...

Lately, we've been hearing a lot about narrative non-fiction, longform journalism, or literary non-fiction, call it what you will. But what is it, apart from being "not fiction"? In essence, you might say it's the...

Ignorance and insecurity remain drivers of the vulnerabilities faced by sexual minorities. But the attitudes and stances that define a society's views towards these marginal characters is not much different from the gaze it directs...

La.Lit welcomes submissions from all over the universe and in whatever tongue you communicate in. The basic criterion is that your material, as per the collective judgment of our editorial team, has quality or relevance...

The second day of the Jaipur Literature Festival saw a rewarding focus on literature. The first session we attended saw Uday Prakash and Jason Grunebaum read in Hindi and English respectively from sections of the...

What is a literature festival for? The writers or for the literature? The first day of the festival was a mixed bag. It saw the Dalai Lama, in conversation with Pico Iyer, talk about the importance of honesty. The assumption behind his Holiness’s statement was that most unenlightened beings are not honest with themselves

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