Nikesh Shukla
What makes me feel happy? Falling flat on my face off a skate ramp | Nikesh Shukla
I got cocky, fell and hurt myself in three places. But the pain was a reminder that I was alive and living in the moment, says author Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla
09, Apr, 2023 @11:00 AM
Nikesh Shukla: ‘Reading Spider-Man made me feel less alone’
The author and screenwriter on his love of comic books, James Baldwin’s moral fury, and how The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the funniest books ever written
Nikesh Shukla
18, Feb, 2022 @10:00 AM
I turned down an MBE – I don’t want an honour glorifying the British empire | Nikesh Shukla
I was offered an MBE for ‘services to literature’, but I can’t think of anything I want less, writes author Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla
14, Jun, 2021 @12:10 PM
Seven ways to cope until the end of lockdown
The end may now be in sight, but there are still frustrating months ahead. From new recipes to letter writing and Lego, writers including Matt Haig and Philippa Perry share their strategies
Matt Haig, Ella Risbridger, Adam Phillips, Anita Sethi, Philippa Perry, Mollie Goodfellow and Nikesh Shukla
27, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM
Where are the hotshot British male novelists? BAME authors may know
Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Abir Mukherjee, Courttia Newland, Guy Gunaratne, Paul Mendez and Okechukwu Nzelu on why British writers of colour are left out of the conversation
Nikesh Shukla
31, Jul, 2020 @2:10 PM
My favourite book as a kid: Spider-Man – Kraven's Last Hunt
As a child I found these comics, where the superhero’s foe first kills him then co-opts his identity, intensely disturbing. Today, I am filled with hope
Nikesh Shukla
24, Apr, 2020 @12:45 PM
Christmas in Austin by Benjamin Markovits review – family ties
The sequel to A Weekend in New York gets inside the Essinger clan’s heads for an enforced family gathering
Nikesh Shukla
20, Nov, 2019 @12:00 PM
Race in Britain: the best books to help understand
From fiction to fact, polemic to memoir, Nikesh Shukla chooses five indispensable books on race issues
Nikesh Shukla
26, Aug, 2019 @5:30 AM
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri review – humane and important
These first-hand accounts of Britain’s division of India in 1947 are essential reading
Nikesh Shukla
16, Jul, 2019 @6:00 AM
The Far Field review – a daughter’s quest in Kashmir skilfully drawn
Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel balances the personal and the political with assurance
Nikesh Shukla
30, Jun, 2019 @12:00 PM
I started mentoring young people – and gave my own life a purpose
I quit a job in marketing to edit a youth magazine. I loved helping to launch careers (and to send a lamb chop into space)
Nikesh Shukla
10, Jun, 2019 @8:00 AM
The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S Laskar review – America’s racist underbelly
A woman lies bleeding in her suburban driveway in this powerful and poetic debut
Nikesh Shukla
06, Jun, 2019 @9:00 AM
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