Saikat Majumdar’s forthcoming work includes a novella, The Remains of the Body, and The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony, a book of criticism. He wrote a column for LARB, Another Look at India’s Books, from 2020 to 2022. He is the author of four previous novels, including The Firebird/Play House (2015, 2017) and The Scent of God (2019); a book of criticism, Prose of the World: Modernism and the Banality of Empire (2013); and a collection of essays, The Critic as Amateur (2019).
Saikat Majumdar
Articles
Poor Reading, Weak Theory: An Excerpt from “The Amateur”
LARB presents an excerpt from Saikat Majumdar’s “The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony.”
The Fiction of Rational Miracles: On Amit Chaudhuri’s NYRB Classics Reissues
Saikat Majumdar reviews NYRB Classics’ rerelease of Amit Chaudhuri’s first three books.
Another Look at India’s Books: Rohit Manchanda’s “In the Light of the Black Sun”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Another Look at India’s Books: Reshma Aquil’s “The Unblending”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Language for a New Landscape
Saikat Majumdar ponders whether the American creative writing model truly fits the needs of Indian students.
Another Look at India’s Books: Juliette Banerjee’s “The Gap-Toothed Banister: A Tale of Anglo-India”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Another Look at India’s Books: Sanjay Seth’s “Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Another Look at India’s Books: Usha K. R.’s “A Girl and a River”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
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