Nonfiction – Deepa Bhasthi

Selected essays, cultural criticism, columns, reportage

Anthe: On Translating Kannada, The Paris Review
On Coming Back to Kannada Language, Hakara Journal
On Translating with an Accent, PEN Transmissions
On the Egalitarianism of a Pothichoru Meal in Kerala, MOLD
On the Politics of Womanhood in Leena Manimekalai’s Film Maadathy, 4A Papers (Australia)
Cultural Criticism and Book Reviews in ArtReview
On Haubitz+Zoche Photos of India’s Single Screen Theatres, MOMUS
On European Language Comics Translated into Tamil, Atlas Obscura
On a Pilgrimage to Bronte Sisters’ Haworth, Literary Hub
On Growing Up Reading Soviet Literature, Literary Hub
On the Politics of Tulu Language, The Caravan (PDF available on request)
On Casteism in Karnatic Music, Himal Southasian
On the 2018 Landslides in Kodagu, Himal Southasian
On a Visit to Beirut, The Hindu Businessline
Bangalore, City of Burning Lakes, The Guardian
On How Hindi Cinema Arrived in the USSR, The Calvert Journal
On A Childhood Spent Reading Russian Literature, The Calvert Journal
On Being a Flaneur in Madikeri, The Punch Magazine
On Why Bengaluru’s Gandhinagar Matters for Kannada Cinema, OPEN Magazine
On the Musical Repertoire of the Devadasis, Himal Southasian
An Interview of U R Ananthamurthy, Kindle Magazine