Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar is a professor of English at Vassar College in upstate New York, USA. His latest book, A Time Outside This Time: A Novel, will be published by Aleph next year.

Rules of the jungle have changed: Amitava Kumar responds to assault on Caravan staffer
Literature / Poetry
Rules of the jungle have changed: Amitava Kumar responds to assault on Caravan staffer
Amitava Kumar
A few journalists in Chhattisgarh persevere in the face of extraordinary pressure
Media / Commentary
A few journalists in Chhattisgarh persevere in the face of extraordinary pressure
Amitava Kumar
Literature / Books Raising the stakes for Indian writing in English Amitava Kumar
Literature / Essay A story of Patna Amitava Kumar
Crime / Commentary How we might strive for a broader understanding of retribution Amitava Kumar
Communities / Commentary Undocumented youth in the US are growing determined that their presence will be seen and their voices heard Amitava Kumar
Literature / Commentary It can get you via email, bring you up close to writers you wouldn’t drink or piss with, and even send you into a fever of writing a book on litfests Amitava Kumar
Conflict / Commentary Serenading at a New York City dinner party, Junoon rocker Salman Ahmad’s call for social change in Pakistan is a reminder of mirrored atrocities in India Amitava Kumar
Literature / Interview An interview with Arundhati Roy Amitava Kumar
Conflict / Commentary How poetry speaks to power in Gujarat Amitava Kumar
Film / Reportage An Encounter Near London’s Southall With a Man’s Troubled Past and His Ambition to Make Movies Amitava Kumar
Literature / Commentary Mixed ethnicity, travel, and keen observation make Hari Kunzru a political writer Amitava Kumar
Government / Reportage A far-reaching study of the accused in the war on terror Amitava Kumar