Lefting
A story about losing your language
The Bombay Literary Magazine / December 2018
Freelance writer based in Delhi, India. A founder and editor of Antiserious.com. You can get in touch at debojit.dutt@gmail.com
A story about losing your language
The Bombay Literary Magazine / December 2018
A short story exploring violence in the domestic space
Himal Southasian / June 2018
What is the gender of your washing machine?
The Wire / November 2016
On Dapon, a theatre group in Assam
Motherland magazine / April 2013
On the dance boys of Tamasha, a Marathi theatre tradition
Motherland magazine / August 2014
The only rumour that allowed PP to speak is the one where he would repeat, breathlessly, “I have killed Sachin Tendulkar. I have murdered Sachin Tendulkar.”
Aainanagar / August 2016
Criticism of the moustache of #WomenEmpowerment
Youth ki Awaaz / May 2016
In many ways Nadia was an anomaly in the Indian film industry, and she used it to her advantage by resisting assimilation.
Antiserious / June 2016
Vignettes
The Missing Slate / August 2015
Short story about a story
The Four Quarters Magazine / September 2015
From the diary of the creative person you are thinking of dating
Antiserious / February 2015
Essay, Literature, Jaipur Lit Fest
Northeast Review / July 2013
The outrage in Delhi's National Law University against Abish Mathew's jibes at the BSP supremo was more focused on sexism than the casteism and classism underlying the jokes.
DailyO / March 2015
Why Miroslav Klose isn't counted among the football greats
News Yaps / June 2014
On Guy de Maupassant's perceived immortality
News Yaps / June 2014
On HRD ministry's plan to add ancient Indian texts to syllabus
NewsYaps / June 2014
A profile of the writer Howard Jacobson
Kindle magazine / April 2013
On why sportsmen need PR
Newsyaps / April 2014
On stereotyping of Rafael Nadal, and his game
News Yaps / September 2013
On a terrible joke
Newsyaps / July 2013
On a very amusing Bollywood song
Newsyaps / July 2013
On how Daily Mail is as sexist as John Inverdale
Newsyaps / July 2013
On the Dark is Beautiful campaign's shortcomings
Newsyaps / August 2013
On Assamese cinema through Jahnu Barua's It’s a Long Way to the Sea
Newsyaps / December 2013
On Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox
Newsyaps / September 2013
Book review
Northeast Review / November 2013
On Virender Sehwag's ODI double-hundred
ESPNcricinfo / December 2011
Fiction
Dead Beats / March 2013
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