Chintan Girish Modi
@chintanwriting
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Journalist, educator & literary critic. ✍️ Kirkus Reviews, Hindustan Times, Business Standard, The Hindu, Himal, Deccan Herald, OPEN, Queerbeat, Teacher Plus
Mumbai
Joined July 2022
We are lucky that @GhoshAmitav continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful. Here's my review of his latest novel Ghost-Eye for @bsindia. Kudos to @HarperCollinsIN for publishing it!
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‘Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful,’ writes @chintanwriting in his poignant review of @GhoshAmitav’s latest novel, Ghost-Eye. Read more on @bsindia: https://t.co/V7bIPhUijD
#READWithHarperCollins
business-standard.com
We are lucky that Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful
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‘Our Coming Together Is an Exchange, Not a Transaction’: Behind the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale. @chintanwriting speaks to the curator
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In conversation with Nikhil Chopra, the curator of this edition, about making art in times of violence and turmoil, engaging with the work of others, and more.
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In conversation with Nikhil Chopra, the curator of this edition, about making art in times of violence and turmoil, engaging with the work of others, and more. @chintanwriting✍️ https://t.co/zQAlMEUUsn
thewire.in
In conversation with Nikhil Chopra, the curator of this edition, about making art in times of violence and turmoil, engaging with the work of others, and more.
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#BookReview | Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful. This is a gift in a world where cleverness and packaging determine what sells. Read full review by @chintanwriting 👇 #BSReads #Books #BookReading #AmitavGhosh
https://t.co/fGEM7PpcWl
business-standard.com
We are lucky that Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful
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HT reviewer Chintan Girish Modi @chintanwriting picks his favourite reads of 2025 https://t.co/kdc4libhPn
hindustantimes.com
A short biography of the Rice Man of India, Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade, and a book about a child’s discovery of his passion for medu vadas, that is also a tribute to the openness that migrants bring...
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It was wonderful to hear Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Hum Dekhenge in @tmkrishna's voice this evening @g5afoundation in Mumbai.
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An exhaustive investigation into the meteoric rise and sudden collapse of V. G. Siddhartha’s mega enterprise Café Coffee Day, read @chintanwriting’s review of COFFEE KING by @rukminirao and @ProsaicView for @bsindia
https://t.co/8SXccPsrxX
business-standard.com
In uncovering how CCD was run as a one-man show, this book weaves a cautionary tale for investors, regulators, consumers, and even fellow journalists
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When you’re clear about what really matters, you find more freedom to let go of the other stuff
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A book keen to muddle facile understandings of time and space, Alice Sees Ghosts by Daisy Rockwell questions the assumption that the family unit is a safe space - Review by @chintanwriting
https://t.co/Og9R8NaCMH
hindustantimes.com
Featuring family secrets, spectral visitors, and fabulous women, this book is keen to muddle facile understandings of time and space and questions the assumption that the family unit is a safe space
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The contempt for new money among those who live off generational wealth is well depicted in V. Sanjay Kumar's novel This Garden of Weeds, published by @BloomsburyIndia. Here's my review for @the_hindu. (Edits: @JulieMerin123) https://t.co/Nw4IStVPbv
thehindu.com
Explore V. Sanjay Kumar's "This Garden of Weeds," a poignant novel weaving mystery with socio-political insights in the art world.
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#BookReview | Coffee King: The Swift Rise and Sudden Death of Cafe Coffee Day Founder V G Siddhartha In uncovering how CCD was run as a one-man show, this book weaves a cautionary tale for investors, regulators, consumers, and even fellow journalists, writes @chintanwriting
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Looking to talk to people with an understanding of living with chronic pain and illness and its impact on their work lives. Please do the magic here folks, connect me. I am building on a piece here, to be pitched in the near future. Thank you. #journorequest
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After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.
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📣📣 The Open Call for submissions to Vol 2 of Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF is live. 📣📣 Details and submission link in the tweets below! 👇🏼
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The criminalisation of marital rape is an urgent necessity in India’s legal framework. I introduced my Private Member’s Bill today to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and remove the marital rape exception, reaffirming that marriage cannot negate the woman’s right to grant or
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Whether you’re feeling upbeat or low, having a great week or a rough one, take a moment to just ask yourself: “What’s the most helpful way I can respond to this right now?”
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Some interviews make authors question and ponder over why they wrote what they wrote. @chintanwriting put me in a similar state when he interviewed me, when my book Laxmi Panda won the Binod Kanoria Award for Children's Books in the Middle Grade category. I am sharing the link
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Why do we speak of attention as something to grab rather than invite?
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If you have 4-5 years of copy editorial experience in trade publishing, can see manuscripts through to finished books and can engage passionately with both non-fiction and fiction, we'd like to hear from you! For more details and how you can apply: https://t.co/Ah1OX4eSvE
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