Radhika Oberoi
@hypermonk
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Author of Stillborn Season (2018) and Of Mothers and Other Perishables. Writer of book reviews and essays. Hopelessly analog. University of East Anglia
Joined June 2009
Spring has arrived. The February issue of Mekong Review is here. Delighted to have an essay on Han Kang's visceral novels in the magazine. @MekongReview
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Goodbye, Oliviero Toscani. You were unashamed, fearless, and experimental. There was no social media back then, but your billboards erupted everywhere, challenging the haters and the bigots with your stunning visual language.
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I'm ending the year in an unexpectedly special way, with the students of Jadavpur University's Arts and Literary Society (JUALS). This will be an interactive and (hopefully) fun session. Do join in, if you're not partying too hard.
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Delighted to discover that Of Mothers and Other Perishables has made it to this eclectic list – The Himalayan Writing Retreat's best fiction books of 2024. O dancey night to cold and smoggy day!
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My short story 'Lear', a somewhat whimsical and unfaithful adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', has appeared in the Usawa Literary Review. Warmest thanks to @sahaysmita and Kinshuk Gupta for publishing it.
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We examined the past and discovered that it was tethered to the present. We also discussed memory and the traumas that emerge from its depths. With @Parulsharma, @Kulpreetyadav, @ranbirsidhu and Ranbir Sidhu @BlrLitFest.
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RT @A_B_Morgan: Christmas goodies arrived from dear @royallitfund, including a notepad with this quote from James Joyce. I have felt this…
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RT @Parulsharma: More visuals from the fantastic @BlrLitFest @Unmana @sunayanaroy @catinitaly @KiranManral @Kulpreetyadav @hypermonk https:…
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Looking forward to the Bangalore Literature Festival @BlrLitFest and to these promising conversations.
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My piece on Amit Chaudhuri's On Being Indian, a contemplative essay. Warmest thanks to @worldlittoday for publishing it.
Following the June 2024 elections in India, making Narendra Modi the head of a coalition government, a writer from New Delhi, Radhika Oberoi, decides to revisit Amit Chaudhuri’s On Being Indian.
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RT @COumhani: « Four Novelists in Search of their Mothers » organized by the Rising Asia Literary Circle, @rajraf2021 , Julie Mehta and Har…
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RT @BlrLitFest: Step into worlds woven by the stellar lineup of novelists at #BlrLitFest 2024. Meet @lakshmiunwomen, @BajajManjul, @Namita…
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RT @rajraf2021: Four Novelists in Search of Their Mothers @_saikatmajumdar , @manishgaekwad , @hypermonk & @COumhani in conversation with…
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'...certainly not given that flattery and recognition, and it's produced the work that I've made.' Loved Rachel Cusk's raw, honest acceptance speech.
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RT @AmitChaudhuri: A vivid document, by Radhika Oberoi, on reading On Being Indian in times of upheaval: @Westland…
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A drive through Lutyens’ Delhi on a summer day fraught with election results, prompted me to read Amit Chaudhuri’s ‘On Being Indian.’ @worldlittoday Reading Amit Chaudhuri’s On Being Indian amid a Proliferation of Police Barricades, by Radhika Oberoi
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Delighted to have contributed to the November issue of World Literature Today. Will share the piece, an essay on Amit Chaudhuri's 'On Being Indian', soon.
The November issue is out and bursting at the seams with more than three dozen book reviews + Mariana Enriquez on “ambivalent horror,” Mahmoud Shukair on writing for the children of Palestine, and much more. Read it now in print or online!
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