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Ranjit Hoskote Interview

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Hoskote talks about the artist’s relationship to the state and the poet’s role in society. The writer reads from a number of his works and talks of writing in English in India amid calls from nativists to do otherwise.

In: International Writing Program Archive | Poetry

Authors: Ranjit Hoskote

Date Recorded: January 01, 1995

Program: --

Format: discussion

Contributors: Clark Blaise

Topics: English language, India; neo-colonialism; Bombay, India, 20th century; political nostalgia; Bombay, economic disparity; Hinduism

Note: Clark Blaise interviews. Other names by which the writer is known include Ranjit Hoskote.

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