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You can buy them. You can borrow them. You can download them. But are all those books out there really worth your while? Herewith some brief assessments.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Burton's Nights

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This is from today's DNA . THE COLLECTOR OF WORLDS Iliya Troyanov The Victorian era’s reputation for conservatism and Puritani...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Final Chapters

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This is from today's Hindustan Times . Do also see McSweeney's for a "thread of memories" by those who knew, met and stu...
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Black Is Back

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THE LEMUR Benjamin Black By their metaphors ye shall know them. Try these on for size: a policeman has a face like “an El Greco ma...
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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Spaced Out

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Express CLEARING A SPACE Amit Chaudhuri “The literary essay,” wrote American essayi...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

A Voice From Malaysia

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An edited e-mail interview with Preeta Samarasan , author of Evening Is The Whole Day , portions of which appear in a piece in the latest ...

Hindi Lessons

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This is from the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai T'TA PROFESSOR Manohar Shyam Joshi Years ago, the venerable Reader’s Digest...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Marathon Man

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This appeared in today's Hindustan Times . WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING Haruki Murakami He used to own a jazz b...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Off The Beaten Path

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This appeared in yesterday's The Sunday Express . A BLUE HAND: THE BEATS IN INDIA Deborah Baker In a recent interview, Amit Chaudhuri ...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Crying Wolf

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Mumbai . In passing, it's interesting that wolves should figure so prominently in mythology and folk...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Cover Stories

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This appeared in today's Hindustan Times . The problem with satire is that people are apt to take it literally. Something you don’t nee...
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