Amritesh Mukherjee

Freelance writer, journalist.

[Karan Madhok @KaranMadhok1]

My comments on AI-written prose (and yes, the em-dashes are very much a product of my human imperfection) @aroomofwords @frontline_india https://t.co/6Gld24ke4x

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Important piece by @aroomofwords on the Granta-AI fiasco and the implications of LLMs on human creativity. Includes some thoughts by moi 👇🏽

[TTOpinion @opinion_tt]

Jonathan Miles’s book, Eradication, is a haunting, meditative work of ecofiction, writes Amritesh Mukherjee.

#book @leo_mukherjee @aroomofwords @PanMacIndia

https://t.co/CY84mQTBPV

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My latest in Frontline.

Also ft. @nilanjanaroy @amitvarma @KaranMadhok1

[Frontline @frontline_india]

NEW | The controversy over the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has exposed how AI has embedded itself into both the writing and judging of literary fiction—and the implications this holds for human creativity.

Amritesh Mukherjee (@aroomofwords) ✍️

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[Frontline @frontline_india]

NEW | Marathi author Gautamiputra Kamble’s story collection, "The Seekers", is resolutely anti-traditional, posing questions rather than offering answers.

Amritesh Mukherjee (@aroomofwords) reviews.

https://t.co/NwVmfHfWja

[Business Standard @bsindia]

#BookReview | Japan's War: Hirohito’s Holy War Against the West

As new empires pursue old ambitions and borders become bargaining chips, this anti-war treatise reminds us how history repeats itself through humanity's amnesia, writes @aroomofwords

https://t.co/KOGvnnDVoz

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In Business Standard today. @HachetteIndia @timwig

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

“My work is inspired by enlightened beings who attained realisation through their craft. I think of myself as both an artist and a spiritual practitioner.”

Painting the Bardo: The Art of Pema Tshering

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Big thanks to @aroomofwords for the thoughtful questions, and Hindustan Times for giving me plenty of room to answer them!
https://t.co/EtIKnJqpWG

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Julian Barnes' final work, Departure(s), casts an eye on the intrigues of memory and life, writes Amritesh Mukherjee.

#book #review #JulianBarnes @leo_mukherjee @aroomofwords @JonathanCape

https://t.co/IK3fezR7Hu

[Business Standard @bsindia]

#BookReview | Stories We Wear: Status, Spectacle and the Politics of Appearance

This book unravels the layers behind what may seem like mere Instagram aesthetics or airport looks, writes @aroomofwords

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https://t.co/jgKvY6RL3t

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I enjoyed interviewing @anneapplebaum for @DeccanHerald at the @JaipurLitFest 2026. Published today.

https://t.co/XWItdlMnbK

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

In her debut book, Ria Chopra documents this socialisation in eight essays, combining cultural analysis with personal anecdotes.

https://t.co/za5tULHDJ7

@aroomofwords reviews #NeverLoggedOut by @riachops

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

Catch up with some of our popular recent features, including 👉🏽
- Meera Kandasamy on literature and revolution - @writerly_life
- The art of Pema ‘Tintin’ Tshering - @aroomofwords
- Photos from Gurpurab in Delhi by @AdityaShar85272 & Sana Kauser

More on https://t.co/p5CwFvKWRM

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Ananya Vajpeyi’s book, Place, shows how a city can be one and many places at once, writes Amritesh Mukherjee.

#book #review #essay @leo_mukherjee @unlimited_women @aroomofwords

https://t.co/5aNPtfuDb8

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Reviewed this immensely readable and fun anthology for Scroll:

https://t.co/cLLVpKrJaR

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[Amritesh Mukherjee @aroomofwords]

A little something I wrote on @23_rahulr 's The Girlfriend, a film I loved even more so because of the industry it exists within:

https://t.co/aGcK4LMVZc

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Artist Pema ‘Tintin’ Tshering speaks to @aroomofwords: “Even if people don’t understand the Buddhist imagery, they can still feel the clinging, the emotions, the universality… There’s no one path, one interpretation, one way of looking at things.”

https://t.co/2f13k2GFHT

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

Painting the Bardo
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In his series ‘In Between Dreams’, the paintings of Bhutanese artist Pema ‘Tintin’ Tshering ask the question of what lies beyond what we can see, in the space between understanding and mystery. By @aroomofwords

https://t.co/2f13k2GFHT