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	Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing to political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black, is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.		Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing to political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black, is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.

	Kesavan is the co-editor of ''Civil Lines'', a widely respected journal of Indian writing in English. In 2014, ''[[The New Republic]]'' included his ''[[Homeless on Google Earth]]'' in its list of the year's best books, describing Kesavan as "[a] novelist and essayist, a historian and poet, a social commentator and public intellectual, [who] commands an enviable following in the Anglophone world beyond America and Britain".<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|title=Best global non-fiction 2014\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115249/https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Kesavan is the co-editor of ''Civil Lines'', a widely respected journal of Indian writing in English. In 2014, ''[[The New Republic]]'' included his ''[[Homeless on Google Earth]]'' in its list of the year's best books, describing Kesavan as "[a] novelist and essayist, a historian and poet, a social commentator and public intellectual, [who] commands an enviable following in the Anglophone world beyond America and Britain".<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|title=Best global non-fiction 2014\|magazine=[[The New Republic]] \|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115249/https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web\|title=Archived copy\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|archive-date=2007-10-13\|access-date=2007-08-21}}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.		His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web\|title=Archived copy\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|archive-date=2007-10-13\|access-date=2007-08-21}}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.

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	'''Mukul Kesavan''' (born 9 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|title=Employers Resume\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072230/http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|archive-date=15 September 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source\|date=April 2020}} is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' School in Delhi and then went on to study ~~History~~ at St. Stephen's College, and at the [[University of Delhi]]. He later attended [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]] on an Inlaks scholarship, where he received an [[MLitt]] degree.		'''Mukul Kesavan''' (born 9 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|title=Employers Resume\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072230/http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|archive-date=15 September 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source\|date=April 2020}} is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' School in Delhi and then went on to study history at St. Stephen's College, and at the [[University of Delhi]]. He later attended [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]] on an Inlaks scholarship, where he received an [[MLitt]] degree.

	His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' which was published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi.		His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' which was published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi.

	Kesavan writes frequently about the game of cricket. His book on cricket, ''Men in White'', was published by Penguin India in 2007. He also wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo.com.		Kesavan writes frequently about the game of cricket. His book on cricket, ''Men in White'', was published by Penguin India in 2007.<ref>{{bulleted \|1={{cite news \|last=Ugra \|first=Sharda \|title=Men In White - Life lived via cricket \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20070528-mukul-kesavans-men-in-white-a-book-of-cricket-748572-2007-05-28 \|work=[[India Today]] \|date=28 May 2007 \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/CiDb3 \|archive-date=3 April 2022 \|url-status=live}} \|2={{cite news \|last=Parthasarathy \|first=Vijay \|title=Armchair view of Test cricket \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/armchair-view-of-test-cricket/article2267068.ece \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=31 July 2007 \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/ZQDz1 \|archive-date=3 April 2022 \|url-status=live}} \|3={{cite news \|last=Rajadhyaksha \|first=Niranjan \|title=Fifty overs... and counting \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Ib5CtMegHZLgTYQ5lAXLeI/Fifty-overs-and-counting.html \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=21 April 2007 \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cFiMH \|archive-date=3 April 2022 \|url-status=live}} }}</ref> He also wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo.com.

	Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing to political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black, is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.		Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing to political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black, is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.
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	He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.		He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.

			==See also==
			* [[List of Indian writers]]

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	His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web\|title=Archived copy\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|archive-date=2007-10-13\|access-date=2007-08-21}}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.		His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web\|title=Archived copy\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|archive-date=2007-10-13\|access-date=2007-08-21}}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.

	His mother, Dr. Chandrakanta Narain, was Punjabi, born in Lahore and brought up in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Kesavan\|first=Mukul\|date=28 March 2016\|title=A different slogan\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|location=India\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|url-status=live\|access-date=1 March 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|archive-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> His father [[B. S. Kesavan]], a writer, was also the highly regarded curator of the National Library in Calcutta~~. As [[Hebbar Iyengar]]s, his parents spoke both [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Kannada language\|Kannada]]~~.		His mother, Dr. Chandrakanta Narain, was Punjabi, born in Lahore and brought up in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Kesavan\|first=Mukul\|date=28 March 2016\|title=A different slogan\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|location=India\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|url-status=live\|access-date=1 March 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|archive-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> His father [[B. S. Kesavan]], a writer, was also the highly regarded curator of the National Library in Calcutta.

	He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.		He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.

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	'''Mukul Kesavan''' (born 9 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|title=Employers Resume\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072230/http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|archive-date=15 September 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source\|date=April 2020}} is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' in Delhi and then went on to study History at St. Stephen's College, and at the [[University of Delhi]] ~~and~~ later at [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]] where he received ~~his~~ [[MLitt]] having been awarded the Inlaks scholarship. His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi.		'''Mukul Kesavan''' (born 9 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|title=Employers Resume\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072230/http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf\|archive-date=15 September 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source\|date=April 2020}} is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' School in Delhi and then went on to study History at St. Stephen's College, and at the [[University of Delhi]]. He later attended [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]] on an Inlaks scholarship, where he received an [[MLitt]] degree.

	His ~~keenness on the game of [[cricket]]<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6491053.stm \| title=Is India's slip good for cricket? \| date=24 March 2007 \| publisher=BBC \|~~ first=Mukul \| last=Kesavan \| access-date=1 March 2019 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302153036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6491053.stm \| archive-date=2 March 2019 \| url-status=live }}</ref> is entirely in a non-playing way. His credentials for writing about the game are founded on a spectatorial axiom: distance brings perspective.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiainsouthafrica.com/shared-histories/index1.html\|title=Shared histories\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20070928222353/http://www.indiainsouthafrica.com/shared-histories/index1.html\|archive-date=28 September 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kesavan's book ~~of cricket~~, ''~~Men in White~~'', ~~was published by Penguin India in 2007. He wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo~~.~~com. Later in the year~~ he wrote~~, ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions'' published by Black Kite. The book is~~ a ~~collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing and even~~ political ~~commentary. His latest book,~~ titled ''~~Homeless on Google Earth~~'' ~~(2013),~~ published by ~~Permanent Black is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays~~.		His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' which was published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi.

	~~He is also~~ the ~~co-editor~~ of ''~~Civil Lines~~'', ~~the widely respected journal of Indian writing~~ in ~~English~~. ~~In 2014, ''[[The New Republic]]'' included his ''[[Homeless on Google Earth]]'' in its list of the year's best books, describing Kesavan as "[~~a~~] novelist and essayist, a historian and poet, a social commentator and public intellectual, [who] commands an enviable following in~~ the ~~Anglophone world beyond America and Britain".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://newrepublic~~.com~~/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|title=Best global non-fiction 2014\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115249/https://newrepublic~~.~~com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>~~		Kesavan writes frequently about the game of cricket. His book on cricket, ''Men in White'', was published by Penguin India in 2007. He also wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo.com.

	~~As [[Hebbar Iyengar]]s his parents spoke both [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]~~ and [[Kannada language\|Kannada]]. Of particular note, his family members were able to speak four or five languages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239413\|title=No Place Like Home\|publisher=Outlook\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060850/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239413\|archive-date=3 December 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing to political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black, is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.
	~~His mother, Dr. Chandrakanta Narain, was Punjabi~~, ~~born~~ in ~~Lahore and brought up in Delhi~~.~~<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/~~a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA \| title=A different slogan \| date=28 March 2016 \| newspaper=The Telegraph \| location=India \| first=Mukul \| last=Kesavan \| access-date=1 March 2019 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a~~-different-slogan/cid/1448231#~~.~~VvkVEcvhXqA \| archive-date=2 March 2019 \| url-status=live }}</ref>~~ His ~~father [[B. S. Kesavan]]~~, a ~~writer, was also the highly regarded curator~~ of ~~the National Library in Calcutta~~.

	His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan ~~\|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2007-08-21~~ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan \|archive-date=2007-10-13 }}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.		Kesavan is the co-editor of ''Civil Lines'', a widely respected journal of Indian writing in English. In 2014, ''[[The New Republic]]'' included his ''[[Homeless on Google Earth]]'' in its list of the year's best books, describing Kesavan as "[a] novelist and essayist, a historian and poet, a social commentator and public intellectual, [who] commands an enviable following in the Anglophone world beyond America and Britain".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|title=Best global non-fiction 2014\|access-date=2 April 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115249/https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>

			His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web\|title=Archived copy\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan\|archive-date=2007-10-13\|access-date=2007-08-21}}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.

			His mother, Dr. Chandrakanta Narain, was Punjabi, born in Lahore and brought up in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Kesavan\|first=Mukul\|date=28 March 2016\|title=A different slogan\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|location=India\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|url-status=live\|access-date=1 March 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA\|archive-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> His father [[B. S. Kesavan]], a writer, was also the highly regarded curator of the National Library in Calcutta. As [[Hebbar Iyengar]]s, his parents spoke both [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Kannada language\|Kannada]].

	He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.		He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.
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'''Mukul Kesavan''' (born 9 April 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf|title=Employers Resume|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072230/http://jmi.ac.in/upload/employeeresume/mkesavan.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{better source|date=April 2020}} is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' in Delhi and then went on to study History at St. Stephen's College, and at the [[University of Delhi]] and later at [[Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge]] where he received his [[MLitt]] having been awarded the Inlaks scholarship. His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] in Delhi.

His keenness on the game of [[cricket]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6491053.stm | title=Is India's slip good for cricket? | date=24 March 2007 | publisher=BBC | first=Mukul | last=Kesavan | access-date=1 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302153036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6491053.stm | archive-date=2 March 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> is entirely in a non-playing way. His credentials for writing about the game are founded on a spectatorial axiom: distance brings perspective.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiainsouthafrica.com/shared-histories/index1.html|title=Shared histories|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://archive.is/20070928222353/http://www.indiainsouthafrica.com/shared-histories/index1.html|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kesavan's book of cricket, ''Men in White'', was published by Penguin India in 2007. He wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo.com. Later in the year he wrote, ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions'' published by Black Kite. The book is a collection of essays on a wide variety of themes ranging from Indian films to Indian men to travel writing and even political commentary. His latest book, titled ''Homeless on Google Earth'' (2013), published by Permanent Black is a collection of several previous columns and opinion essays alongside some previously unpublished essays.

He is also the co-editor of ''Civil Lines'', the widely respected journal of Indian writing in English. In 2014, ''[[The New Republic]]'' included his ''[[Homeless on Google Earth]]'' in its list of the year's best books, describing Kesavan as "[a] novelist and essayist, a historian and poet, a social commentator and public intellectual, [who] commands an enviable following in the Anglophone world beyond America and Britain".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014|title=Best global non-fiction 2014|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115249/https://newrepublic.com/article/120663/best-global-non-fiction-2014|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

As [[Hebbar Iyengar]]s his parents spoke both [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Kannada language|Kannada]]. Of particular note, his family members were able to speak four or five languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239413|title=No Place Like Home|publisher=Outlook|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060850/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239413|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
His mother, Dr. Chandrakanta Narain, was Punjabi, born in Lahore and brought up in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA | title=A different slogan | date=28 March 2016 | newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | first=Mukul | last=Kesavan | access-date=1 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-different-slogan/cid/1448231#.VvkVEcvhXqA | archive-date=2 March 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> His father [[B. S. Kesavan]], a writer, was also the highly regarded curator of the National Library in Calcutta.

His columns have appeared in ''The Telegraph''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/opinion/story_5308810.asp], ''[[Cricinfo]]'', ''Outlook Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171652/http://outlookindia.com/author.asp?name=Mukul+Kesavan |archive-date=2007-10-13 }}</ref> Mint and several other periodicals and journals.

He lives in New Delhi with his wife, the UNDP lawyer Arundhati Das and their two children.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |authors=Satish Padmanabhan, Mani Shankar Aiyar, David Davidar, Mukul Kesavan, Nilanjana Roy and Sunil Sethi |date=12 January 2015 |title=Word Psmiths in the city : book jacket on my sleeve |journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=26–36 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/word-psmiths-in-the-city/292930 |access-date=2016-01-06}}
*{{cite journal |authors=Mani Shankar Aiyar, David Davidar, Mukul Kesavan, Nilanjana Roy and Sunil Sethi |date=12 January 2015 |title=Ink, mortar and canon |journal=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=40–66 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/ink-mortar-and-canon/292972 |access-date=2016-01-06}}

==External links==
* [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/meninwhite/ Mukul Kesavan's cricket blog]

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