Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Unholy Smoke

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Apologies for the absence. Have been busy with a lot of work, with a little travel, with re-reading Martin Amis ( Money , The Information, E...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Books 2007

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This was written for Mail Today , the India Today group's new New Delhi newspaper. Sadly, an errant sub-editor hacked off the last two ...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Ford Fiesta

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This appeared in the lastest issue of TimeOut Mumbai. THE NEW GRANTA BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY Edited by Richard Ford Funny things,...
Monday, December 24, 2007

Zuckerman Unmanned

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Looks like my New Year's resolution has to be to post more regularly. Meanwhile, here's a review that appeared in the December 29th ...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Chain Letter Wickedness

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This appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . RING Koji Suzuki Most stories of the supernatural are, in essence, simple morality ta...

A Spirited Thriller

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THE GHOST Robert Harris Alternative history scenarios have been at the heart of many of Robert Harris’ intelligent thrillers, from Fatherla...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Away

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Am away for two weeks, with only intermittent e-mail access. Sadly -- and unusually -- I won't be able to carry too many books with me, ...
Thursday, November 1, 2007

Love And Longing In Mumbai

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WHAT YOU CALL WINTER Nalini Jones Another one of those debut collections of sensitively-written short stories by a half-Indian-half-America...
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My Name Is Red, Blue, Green And White

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You'll find this in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . OTHER COLOURS Orhan Pamuk It was Salman Rushdie who pointed out that the Bosph...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Life Stories

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A lightly edited version of a review that appeared in today's Hindustan Times . LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH Roberto Bolano One of the charac...