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.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A Few To Look Forward To In 2009

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To begin with, Martin Amis’ The Pregnant Widow (the writer who once said his subject was men now takes a look at feminism) and Robert Harr...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

The Art Of Dying

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This appeared in today's DNA . NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF Julian Barnes “I’m not afraid of dying,” Woody Allen once remarke...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

Wok The Talk

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This appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai. BALTI BRITAIN Ziauddin Sardar Ziauddin Sardar has tirelessly advocated the...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

2008's 10

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Birds do it, bees do it; even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it: let’s talk of the best books of 2008. First, a moment to figh...
Sunday, December 7, 2008

Mumbai Pages

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This is from today's The Sunday Express . He spent his last years with stray cats in a seedy lane in Mumbai, a stone’s throw from Narima...
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...
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