Antiblurbs

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.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Girl, Interrupted

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This appeared in yesterday's DNA . A GIRL AND A RIVER Usha K.R. The nationalistic fervour that preceded India ’s partition ...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Murder, He Wrote

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This appeared in yesterday's The Sunday Express . THE BIKINI MURDERS Farrukh Dhondy Move over, Frederick Forsyth. With The Bik...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Wedding Wows

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This is from the latest TimeOut Mumba i. LOVE MARRIAGE V.V. Ganeshananthan Some authors find their subjects in the ways in which m...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

No Country For Young Women

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This appeared in the latest Tehelka IN THE COUNTRY OF DECEIT Shashi Deshpande To attempt a novel about an adulterous relationship...
Friday, October 31, 2008

Suzy Wong Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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This appeared in the Sept-Oct issue of Biblio . EVENESCENT ISLES: FROM MY CITY VILLAGE Xu Xi Hong Kong is an outcome of the law o...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

Travel Travail

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The is from today's The Sunday Express . GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR Paul Theroux Paul Theroux doesn’t think highly of t...
Friday, October 3, 2008

A Situation In New Delhi

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Mumbai. DREAMS OF RIVERS AND SEAS Tim Parks With Dreams of Rivers and Seas , Tim Parks takes ...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Rat Race

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This appeared in yesterday's DNA . BANDICOOTS IN THE MOONLIGHT Avijit Ghosh It was the 18 th century philosopher Joseph Pri...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Enter Ghost

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This is from the latest issue of Tehelka INDIGNATION Philip Roth The central characters of Everyman and Exit Ghost , Philip Roth...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Mapping Desire

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This is from today's Hindustan Times . AN ATLAS OF IMPOSSIBLE LONGING Anuradha Roy Is writing a form of archaeology? The metap...
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