Saikat Majumdar

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).

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.”
Saikat MajumdarJul 9, 2024
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.
Saikat MajumdarMay 14, 2024
- Fiction
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.
Saikat MajumdarSep 14, 2022
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.
Saikat MajumdarJul 17, 2022
Language for a New Landscape
Saikat Majumdar ponders whether the American creative writing model truly fits the needs of Indian students.
Saikat MajumdarJul 12, 2022
- Around the World
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.
Saikat MajumdarMay 12, 2022
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.
Saikat MajumdarMar 17, 2022
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.
Saikat MajumdarJan 4, 2022
Another Look at India’s Books: Lopa Ghosh’s “The Revolt of the Fish Eaters”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Saikat MajumdarNov 10, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: Sarabjeet Garcha’s “Lullaby of the Ever-Returning”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Saikat MajumdarSep 14, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: Sunetra Gupta’s “A Sin of Colour”
Saikat MajumdarJul 6, 2021
The Failed Success of the Postcolonial Reader
In India, English is the language of aspiration, of power and mobility.
Saikat MajumdarJun 17, 2021
- Around the World
Another Look at India’s Books: Basant Rath’s “Own Me, Srinagar”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
Saikat MajumdarMay 11, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: “Out! Stories from the New Queer India”
Saikat MajumdarMar 9, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: Ashok Banker’s “Vertigo”
Saikat MajumdarJan 12, 2021
Another Look at India’s Books: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd’s “Why I Am Not a Hindu”
Saikat MajumdarNov 25, 2020