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Save the date! Tanuj Solanki in conversation with Akshaya Mukul and Vineet Gill at #ThePenguinDialogues Kunzum on 29 July, 6 pm. Penguin India

A Long Night of Literatures. A conversation between writers from Germany, India, Portugal and Spain at the Embassy of the Czech Republic. Thursday, September 21, 6 pm. RSVP details below.

I wrote a short essay on the Sanskritist and scholar Max Mueller for the Goethe-Institut. Available here in the original English as well as in a German translation: goethe.de/ins/in/en/m/ku…

“The India Mueller was interested in existed not in the real world but only in the realm of the imagination.” From “Visit to Max Mueller’s India” by Vineet Gill, in our series marking the bicentennial of Max Mueller. goethe.de/ins/in/en/m/ku…

I have written an essay on V.S. Naipaul, apropos of Sanjay Krishnan's book 'V.S. Naipaul's Journeys'. It has been published in Amit Chaudhuri's journal, Literary Activism. Available here: literaryactivism.com/leaving-the-na…

"The postcolonial and feminist endeavours to expand the Western canon are being replaced, alas, by the project of sanitising it." A calmly persuasive Naipaul essay, through Sanjay Krishnan's 'V.S. Naipaul's Journeys', by Vineet Gill literaryactivism.com/leaving-the-na…

‘Naipaul understood that the difficulties and failures inherent to writing are not meant to be overcome; they are to be accepted, as one accepts a chronic health condition’ - Vineet Gill in Literary Activism on the novelist and a new book on him: literaryactivism.com/leaving-the-na…

"V.S. Naipaul was always haunted by the feeling that he could have been a failure." In which Vineet Gill writes about repetition,the art of writing and the myth of Naipaul.

Will have to re-read this excellent work on Nirmal Verma by Vineet Gill again and again to think through all that I have read.

Join us for a discussion CRAFTING LIVES with Saikat Majumdar @saikatmajumdar.bsky.social author of “The Remains of the Body” in conversation with author & editor Vineet Gill on Friday, 12th July 6 pm at Oxford Bookstore, Connaught Place. Penguin India

Vineet Gill and I in conversation on crafting characters in fiction and in biography. This evening from 6 pm onwards. At Oxford Bookstores in Connaught Place, Delhi. Free and open to the public.

tinyurl.com/vineetgl 'Here and Here After' on Great Hindi Writer Nirmal Verma is a joy to read - The deeper you delve into Nirmal Verma's literary world through Vineet's eyes, the clearer it becomes just how discerning a reader Vineet Gill truly is. Superb accomplishment.

A conversation with Anil Kumar for the Harshaneeyam podcast: harshaneeyam.in/2024/08/10/vin…

The Wire asked me about a book that moved me. "Here and Hereafter: Nirmal Verma’s Life in Literature", a wondrous literary biography by Vineet Gill. Begins in the style of an experimental novel with Verma’s death, and offers striking insights about world literature. Link below

Delightful interview with Vineet Gill on the author Nirmal Verma. Absolutely loved Gill’s thoughts on reading. Can’t wait to read his book on Verma!

Prague calling. That read just amplified the urge. Vineet Gill eurozine.com/an-indian-writ…

निर्मल वर्मा ‘नई कहानी’ आंदोलन के जाने-माने लेखक थे। उनकी कहानियाँ जैसे ‘परिंदे’ और उपन्यास ‘वे दिन’ ने हिंदी साहित्य को नई दिशा दी। Vineet Gill की किताब उनके जीवन और लेखन के गहरे पहलुओं को सामने लाती है। 'Likhawat' Gautam Choubey #Literature Watch : youtu.be/-uWMw4hP3HE

I was interviewed by Gautam Choubey for his show Likhawat on Sansad TV, where we discussed my favourite and what seems to have become my only subject: Nirmal Verma: youtu.be/-uWMw4hP3HE?si…

Some books are easy to read, but hard to review. This one isn’t Nirmal Verma’s biography — it’s a journey through the influences that shaped his writing. Vineet Gill peels each layer with care, placing Nirmal in dialogue with other voices.