Sohini Basak

Mar 3, 2024 | thehindu.com | Sohini Basak

In this monthly column, writer Sohini Basak sets out to interview contemporary writers from Asia to understand the nuances of cultural practices, power hierarchies, literary lineages, gender norms, all the while asking the question: Is there an Asian way of thinking?

Feb 4, 2024 | thehindu.com | Sohini Basak

In this monthly column, writer Sohini Basak sets out to interview contemporary writers from Asia to understand the nuances of cultural practices, power hierarchies, literary lineages, gender norms, all the while asking the question: Is there an Asian way of thinking?

Nov 6, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Georgi Gospodinov |Sohini Basak |Alex Aguayo

Georgi Gospodinov gave the third Lancaster International Fiction Lecture on Monday, October 23, 2023, as part of Litfest’s “Autumn Weekend.”What can fiction (including in translation) do in times like ours? Nothing. That would be the shortest, punchiest, and most pessimistic answer to this question.

Sep 1, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Lee Hyemi |Sohini Basak |Susan Harris

Yes, it is a lot to live with—Being born an Aries sun with a Scorpio moon. Lady Gaga, Henry James, and I have this in common. (Go on and be a gay icon, the stars divined.)A Scorpio novelist friend of mine said she’s never been interested in celebrities,Whereas I’ve spent my whole life being a fan. Even when I’m not a fan, I still rubberneck. Celebrity is like that, I guess. Star power. The “it” factor. Rizz. Some people are compelling.

Jul 24, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Sohini Basak |Jenny Bhatt |Suhasini Patni |Wesley Lewis

Out of Sri Lanka (Bloodaxe Books, 2023) shines light upon a long-neglected national literature by bringing together, for the first time, Sri Lankan and diasporic poetry written in and after Independence. Featuring over a hundred poets translated from Tamil and Sinhala, or writing in English, the anthology intends to exhibit poetry as a vehicle of anti-amnesia and of witness to the various political events that have shaped the country since 1948.