News
“Why Is Science So Straight?” in the New York Times — Gays and lesbians are underrepresented in many STEM fields. (Sept. 4, 2015)
“India’s Inverted Abortion Politics” in the New York Times — The government wants broader access. Doctors don’t. The poor suffer. (Aug. 3, 2015)
“India and the Politics of Yoga” in the New York Times — Prime Minister Modi’s goal for International Yoga Day is to promote India’s brand, not the Hindu religion. (June 19, 2015)
“Mathematicians and Blue Crabs” in the New York Times — Can a formula really predict a changing population? (May 2, 2015)
“A Ban on Beef in India Is Not the Answer” in the New York Times — Imposing ideals from a mythic past will only alienate minorities. (April 17, 2015)
“Don’t Expect Math to Make Sense” in the New York Times — Pi’s combination of utility and enigma is the perfect metaphor for the subject. (March 13, 2015)
My New York Times book review for “Sleeping on Jupiter” by Anuradha Roy (Sep 23, 2016).
My OP-ED piece, “Exposing the Bangalore Techie” in the New York Times on the difference between being gay in the US vs India. (Nov 4, 2014)
On the cover of India Currents, with writer A.X. Ahmad, who interviewed me about Bollywood. (August, 2014)
“The Death of Vishnu” named one of the ten greatest Indian novels by India’s leading book journalist, Sunil Sethi. (Jun 21, 2014)
My review of Jordan Ellenberg’s book, “How not to be wrong: The power of mathematical thinking” in The Washington Post. (Jun 13, 2014)
“The City of Devi” wins the Bisexual Fiction Award and is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. (May 31, 2014)
My OP-ED piece, “The Nuclear Nightmare” in the Times of India on the threat of nuclear terrorism in India. (Jan 12, 2014)
My OP-ED piece, “Court Ruling Ignores India’s Rich Heritage of Diversity” in the Washington Post about the reversal of gay rights in India. (Dec 20, 2013)
A book recommendation I made on NPR to understand gay life in India in the context of the shameful ruling by the Indian Supreme Court to recriminalize gay sex. (Dec 14, 2013)
On winning the Bad Sex in Fiction Award: a Washington Post article and interview. (Dec 4, 2013)
My New York Times OP-ED piece on math appreciation, “How to Fall in Love with Math” (Sep 16, 2013)
My New York Times OP-ED piece on how the US gay marriage ruling may help gay rights all over the world, “The Court’s Global Message on DOMA.” (Jun 30, 2013)
My autobiographical article in Granta magazine, “How to be Gay and Indian” (Jun 25, 2013)
BBC’s “The Forum” features me talking about “Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology” (Apr 7, 2013).
Fantastic review for “The City of Devi” in the UK Guardian (Mar 21, 2013).
How mathematics almost killed “The City of Devi”: article in The Daily Beast (Mar 15, 2013).
Manil Suri’s top ten books on Mumbai in the Guardian (Mar 13, 2013).
Read a New York Times interview with me (February 25, 2013).
Manil Suri’s top five books on New India’s soul in Goodreads (February, 2013).
Manil Suri shares his writing secrets in the Wall Street Journal (February 9, 2013).
Excellent review for “The City of Devi” by Sam Sacks in the Wall Street Journal (Feb 4, 2013).
Definitive nationally broadcast interview with Scott Simon on NPR’s weekend edition. (January 29, 2013).
Ron Charles at the Washington Post reviews “The City of Devi” (January 29, 2013)
Read “A Literary Sex Education in Mumbai.” This is a piece on the first “transformative” book one may have read as a teen — for me, it was by Harold Robbins. (National Public Radio, January 7, 2013).
Read “The Silver Spring Laxmi,” a short story published in The Washington Post (November 2012).
Read “Mathematics and What It Means to Be Human,” an essay on the intersection of mathematics and the humanities, in The Chronicle of Higher Education (October 2012).
My interview in the Science section of the New York Times by the iconic Claudia Dreifus (June 17, 2008).
“The Writing Life” On balancing mathematics with writing, in The Washington Post, February 8, 2009.
“X=50 Semesters” An article on completing 25 years of teaching mathematics, in The New York Times Magazine, September 21, 2008.
A video of my Bollywood strip-tease dance in the middle of Brooklyn (Sep 14, 2008).
“The Age of Shiva” gets a great review in the New York Times (February 24, 2008).
My essay “What Unites India” published in India Today on the occasion of India’s 60th independence day anniversary (Aug 8, 2007).
“The Tolman Trick,” my short story on the nature of proof and what it means to be a mathematician, originally published in the literary journal “SUBTROPICS” 1, 85 – 101 (2006).
“The Death of Vishnu” bags the coveted cover review in the New York Times Book Review section (Jan 28, 2001).
My interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. (Feb 5, 2001).
“The Seven Circles” my first piece of published fiction, in the New Yorker (Feb 6, 2000).
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