Writing from solitude Swapan K Banerjee chats with Manoj Das who says that stories should not be contrived or invented but inspired.
Courting fate Amandeep Sandhu says, "I write to understand myself and my world, and to sleep peacefully". He spoke about his first book, Sepia Leaves, and laid bare some ghosts of his past in an interview...
Leap of faith Melanie P Kumar writes that maybe it is time for the Brahmo religion to reinvent itself and raise voice against social ills as it did in times past.
Is the slowdown of the US economy going to adversely impact on the IT sector in India? What can the IT industry do to sustain its high level of growth?
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