Striking a balance in conflicting roles

The conjunction between a publisher and writer is a unique one in turning a writer’s creation into a published work. Money-motivated publisher would tend to throw literary value of a creation overboard over immediate monetary concerns while a writer would embrace a creation purely on account of literary and artistic value of a creation.

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ENCOUNTERS

Vocabularies of cultural analysis: Challenges and directions

A charge often levelled against contemporary scholarly writings in humanities and social sciences that deal with cultural analysis is that they are unduly and unjustifiably weighed down with jargon; the jargon stands in the way of communication.

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CULTURAL SCENE

Discovery of India in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy

In this continuing series of articles on the representation of India’s prominent Indian writers, this week’s column examines how Vikram Seth invents India in his masterpiece. The column is heavily drawn on a paper entitled 'The Invention of India' in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy by Neelam Srivastava.

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