Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) planted the flag of African literature on the planet.

Ahdaf Soueif is the author of the bestselling The Map of Love (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1999 and translated into 28 languages). She is a writer and political and cultural commentator, and has also initiated the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) in 2008. Soueif talks to Newsclick about the recent political events in Egypt, PalFest, and writing.

Dr. Taimur Rahman, the founder of Laal Band and the General Secretary of the Communist Mazdfoor Kissan Party of Pakistan, discusses with Newsclick his new book, "Class Structure of Pakistan". In this book, he analyzes the class structure from the time of the Mughal Empire, through the distortions of the colonial era to the class structure of contemporary Pakistan. He notes that the non-agricultural sector of the economy is dominated by petty commodity production and large scale production system, whether in the state or corporate owned sector occupies a relatively small part of the economy.

On 1st May, Leftword opened along with its bookshop, a Cafe. This is part of a cultural complex which houses also a Theatre Studio, a place where theatre groups like Jan Natya Manch can rehearse and cultural activists get together. On this occasion Taimur Rehman of the well-known Laal Band of Pakistan sang a song of Faiz remembering martyrs, particularly Julius and Ethel. Newsclick has done a feature remembering martyrs who have died in the struggle for a just world, starting with Hay Market Five, Bhagat Singh, Che Guevara, Amilcar Cabral and many others.

Danish interviews the two authors of the book on Dastangoi, published recently in both Urdu and in Devanagari script. He explores with the authors the motivation behind the book and the problems of bringing such a venture to a written form.

Novelist Githa Hariharan in conversation with Ayesha Kidwai about her English translation of the acclaimed partition memoir by Begum Anis Kidwai, Azadi ki Chhao Mein...

Novelist Githa Hariharan in conversation with Ayesha Kidwai about her English translation of the acclaimed partition memoir by Begum Anis Kidwai, Azadi ki Chhao Mein...

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.