Antara Dev Sen

Antara Dev Sen is the founder and editor of The Little Magazine, published in Delhi and featuring essays, fiction, poetry, art and criticism.

Shaking the 'foreign hand': a view from India

India has had a complicated relationship with the United States for most of its independent history. Things are better now - but Indians still do watch the election closely, fearing a return to old tensions.

By Antara Dev Sen

/ 6 Nov 2012

India at 61: here's looking at you, kid!

"Even God will not be able to save this country!" fumed the supreme court of India days before the nation turned sixty-one on 15 August 2008. A sentiment

By Antara Dev Sen

/ 19 Aug 2008

India's tsunami

The Indian governments refusal of foreign aid to its devastated coastal and island regions reflects its aspiration to sit at the worlds top table. Antara Dev Sen on

By Antara Dev Sen

/ 13 Jan 2005

The wrong America

Dear Dinesh DSouza, I write to you not just as an Indian to an American, but also as one who shares many of the memories that run in your

By Antara Dev Sen and Dinesh DSouza

/ 12 Aug 2004

India's benign earthquake

The defeat of the ruling BJP by Sonia Gandhis Congress Party was followed by Sonias refusal to become prime minister. As Indians reel in amazement at their own

By Antara Dev Sen

/ 19 May 2004