Writers run the risk of didacticism if they turn into activists, says Marlon James, the first Jamacian to win the Booker Prize in 2015.
"I think the writer enters a dangerous zone by becoming an activist. Didacticism will destroy a book.…
TNI Bureau: Veteran novelist Salman Rushdie accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of blocking his visit to Kolkata where he was supposed to promote a new film, which is based on his novel ‘Midnight’s Children’.
Hours before heading for…
TNI Bureau: Veteran Indian Author Salman Rushdie cancelled his Kolkata trip after some minority organisations opposed his visit. He was about to visit the city for a promotional event of the movie 'Midnight's Children', which is based on…