Articles by Diksha Basu

A Leap Of Faith

I was going to pay money to feel terrified for 11 seconds but I knew, from the moment I booked my tickets to...

Sep 17, 2014 Diksha Basu
Not So Fast

Lots of people, my grandmother included, fast on a regular basis; one day would be simple. Or so I thought...

Aug 07, 2014 Diksha Basu
The Knausgaard Effect

Mourn not yet the death of bookshops and literature—a Norwegian writer, now living in Sweden, is a...

Jun 26, 2014 Diksha Basu
The Right To Write

Does 'authenticity' lie in the object of an experience or in the subject having the experience? Who is...

Mar 27, 2014 Diksha Basu
The Bandra Boom

Maybe Bandra changed or maybe I changed or, more likely, we both changed and are now being forced to...

Feb 13, 2014 Diksha Basu
An Actor’s Diary

There were two things that really stood out for me. The first, all over Punjab, was the lack of women in...

Dec 12, 2013 Diksha Basu
Is There A 'Real' India?

One that is somehow not accessible to someone who happens to visit only places such as Jaipur, Agra, Delhi,...

Nov 20, 2013 Diksha Basu
Alice Munro And Me

Last week when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize, it was more than just a writer I admire winning the prize.

Oct 14, 2013 Diksha Basu