The Wordsmiths

Here are five scintillating interviews that capture the majic and the mystery of the world of the contemporary Indian writer U R Anathamurthy,Bhupen Khakar Mahasveta Devi Krishna Sobti and and M T vasudevan Nair offer insights into the art and craft of writing,share their hopes and fears and reveal that unique creative urge which makes their work what it is an alluring selection from the browser and bookworm U R Ananthamurthy is an astounding creative writer, critic editor and teacher He has had a seminal on Kannada literature and culture in the last few decades Bhupen Khakhar is renowned as both a painter and a short story writer and has won the Padma Shree for his contribution to art Krsna Sobti,a Sahitya Akademic Award winner has been producing one exciting innovative contreversial work after another.Mahasveta Devi has worked extensively for the liberation of bonded labourers by writing about them She has won the Sahitya Akademic award as well as the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award M T Vasudev Nair is the most popular living writer in Kerala and mentor to a whole generation of writers in Malyalam His modernist vision ia a blend of inner and outer landscapes