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Amritesh Mukherjee

Writer, Editor

The Chakkar

A Manual for Memory: The Poetry of Meena Kandasamy

Meena Kandasamy’s collection Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You is poetry as resistance literature, where aesthetic beauty and political activism merge to challenge a nation’s conscience.

Nalanda: The Memory of a Civilization

Nalanda was not a singular anomaly but the culmination of a thousand years of intellectual tradition. Amritesh Mukherjee reflects on Abhay K.’s latest book on the subject, and how the ‘mahavihara’ can serve as a beacon for contemporary educational institutions.

“The more opposition I get, the more energy I get” – An Interview with Sudeep Chakravarty

Author and journalist Sudeep Chakravarty speaks about the stories that drive him, wandering across genres, and his Delhi-based latest work, Fallen City.

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Hinduism Outside the Box: A Conversation with Manu Pillai

Manu Pillai, the author of Gods, Guns and Missionaries, speaks to Amritesh Mukherjee about history beyond monochromatic brushstrokes, the highs and lows of social media discourse, Hindu plurality, and some recommended books.

Heer, Ranjha, and Haroon Khalid’s Infinite Story of Love

Haroon Khalid’s 2024 novel From Waris to Heer (Penguin) is an answer to the refrain of timeless stories—a tale of love and loss, power and rebellion, retold with the lilt of a Sufi melody.

BLASPHEAR by Sohail Rauf: Religion, Fear, and the Cost of Silence

Set against a backdrop of religious abuse and suffocating intolerance, Sohail Rauf’s Blasphear is a sharp commentary on the ideas of nationhood, and how its intangible forces act as blind shepherds, leading the masses down paths they cannot question.

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