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Somak Ghoshal

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Somak Ghoshal is a feature writer and reporter based in New Delhi. He writes on arts and culture, books, and society in general.

ARTICLES BY SOMAK GHOSHAL

Hachette India MD Riti Jagoorie says she will focus on building local publishing.

Engage with your work fully, whatever it may be: Hachette India MD Riti Jagoorie

5 min read . 24 Jun 2025

A Pride parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, 2024. ( istockphoto)

A new anthology of writings from south Asia celebrates marginalised voices

4 min read . 14 Jun 2025

Julianne Moore in 'Sirens'

‘Sirens’: A study in class and bad parenting

3 min read . 14 Jun 2025

A still from 'Emma' (2020).

Jane Austen's novels are both a mirror and a map for Gen Z and millennials

8 min read . 13 Jun 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan in the 2013 film ‘The Great Gatsby’

Fitzgerald’s Gatsby is still great at 100

5 min read . 10 Jun 2025

As the return-to-office trend continues, going ‘phygital’ may meet the demands of both Gens X and Z halfway.

Why the office needs to embrace Gen Z’s work attitude

4 min read . 09 Jun 2025

You can now lend your library to one adult and four kids in your family (iStock)

How to share your Kindle e-books with a reading buddy

4 min read . 04 Jun 2025

Geet Chaturvedi’s enthusiasm for books is palpable on every page. (iStockphoto)

Geet Chaturvedi reflects on reading, writing and translations in his new book

2 min read . 01 Jun 2025

The centrepiece of the collection is a long story about the lives of Sikh immigrants living in Canada. (istockphoto)

‘Songs Our Bodies Sing’: The lightweight ambitions of a promising writer

4 min read . 31 May 2025

Simi Garewal as Duli, a Santhal woman, in Aranyer Din Ratri . (Courtesy: Film Heritage Foundation)

Satyajit Ray's 'blackface' moment at Cannes 2025

3 min read . 29 May 2025

Losing a job is hard, there’s no two ways about it, (istockphoto)

Is there a good way to deliver bad news in the office?

4 min read . 26 May 2025

A still from ‘No Smoking’ by Anurag Kashyap, who has an essay in the
collection.

This new book asks what if there were no silver lining to failure?

4 min read . 25 May 2025

Latex being collected from rubber trees in Northern Laos (iStock)

A new book takes a deep dive into rubber’s living legacy

6 min read . 18 May 2025

A Kashmiri artisan weaving a traditional carpet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

‘The Last Knot’: A novel rooted in Kashmir's past, present and future

5 min read . 17 May 2025

Let's make a PACT (iStock)

Instead of setting SMART goals, why not make a PACT?

4 min read . 13 May 2025

Detail from Atanu Roy’s illustration from ‘The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths’ by Anita Nair. ©Penguin Books India, 2007

Can AI replace children's book illustrators?

6 min read . 12 May 2025

Tagore was a literary giant, who always remained ahead of his time, as well as his contemporaries in Bengal. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Looking back at the intertwined legacies of Tagore and Ray

5 min read . 04 May 2025

'Festival at Thirunallar' by Madras Artist, c.1800

In the company of Indian masters

2 min read . 27 Apr 2025

Aamir Aziz has reportedly asked for equal compensation for the works incorporating text from his poem, and the matter is being discussed by the parties’ legal representatives (YouTube) (HT_PRINT)

Aamir Aziz, Anita Dube and the hypocrisy of political art

3 min read . 22 Apr 2025

The novel, set in Lutyens’ Delhi, explores sibling dynamics. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

‘The Tiger’s Share': Taking the mask off the elite, entitled Indian male

4 min read . 20 Apr 2025