Tabish Khair, author of various books including poetry collection, an academic, political commentator and winner of many literary awards in an exclusive interview with Newsclick.

Harish Damodaran has recently won the Ramnath Goenka Award for the Best Non-Fiction Book in English for his work, 'India's New Capitalists.' Newsclick did an exclusive interview with him on the book which talks about the relationship between the modern business class and caste system in India.

To mark Faiz Ahmed Faiz's centenary, Newsclick presents the first in a series of discussions on Faiz by Gauhar
Raza and Sohail Hashmi. This episode specifically discusses the poem "Bol".

Well known writers Githa Hariharan, Radwa Ashour and Ahdaf Souief talk about engaging political issues through novels, poetry short stories etc.

Veteran artist and nephew of Amrita Sher-Gil, Vivan Sundaram talks about his two volume book 'Amrita Sher-Gil: A self portrait in letters and writings'.

Alladi Memorial Lecture is collection of essays on Constitutional law and related matters by eminent jurists and academicians.

The massacre of over 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza at the end of 2008 was one of the worst attacks on a civilian population, an action that amounts to a war crime. Forceful occupation is itself an act of violence and demands retaliation. The continued targeting of the Hamas leadership, the blockade of the Gaza Strip with a cut in fuel and electricity supplies as also chlorine, which is essential for obtaining potable water; and the withholding of insulin, chemotherapy drugs and dialysis supplies have undoubtedly made the lives of the inhabitants of this war-torn land miserable.

Professsor Jayati Ghosh has written a very useful and important book, happily of modest length and for the most part, of easy readability. The sixth in the Feminist Fineprint series brought out by the publisher Women Unlimited, the book provides an excellent exposition of several important dimensions of women’s work in contemporary India, against the background of the processes of economic globalisation internationally and the political economy of India’s economic reforms.