Saturday, June 26, 2010

Why So Serious?

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . SERIOUS MEN  Manu Joseph In his debut novel, Manu Joseph attempts a biting take on I...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Kindling A Reader's Block

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The next instalment of my Yahoo! India column is online: this one is about how the Kindle took care of my reader's block . If you're...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Nice-ish

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This appeared in today's DNA . GLOBISH: How the English Language Became the World's Language  Robert McCrum You can call it H...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

What's Love Got To Do With It?

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This appeared in today's DNA THE FORTY RULES OF LOVE Elif Shafak Turkish novelist Elif Shafak’s new novel is about the famed pair ...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Black, White And Re-read All Over

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The latest instalment of my Yahoo! India column, on the pleasures and perils of re-reading, is here . Do read. (And re-read, of course.)
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Sunday, June 6, 2010

By The Bosphorus

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A brief account of one's recent trip to Istanbul. This appeared in today's The Indian Express . "Istanbul traffic very nice!...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

American Pie

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express PARROT AND OLIVIER IN AMERICA Peter Carey It’s an irony of history that an aristocrat from...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Medical Mystery Tour

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This appeared in the March/April issue of Biblio THE QUARANTINE PAPERS Kalpish Ratna Plagues have always attracted writers. The word itsel...
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Monday, May 24, 2010

A Beastly Tale

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This appeared in Saturday's The Hindustan Times BEATRICE AND VIRGIL Yann Martel There’s no getting away from it: Yann Martel’s Beatric...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Axe Effect

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My first column for Yahoo! India is up: this one deals with the proper role of the novel today . Do read.