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, August 18, 2010

Re-inventing Filipino History

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This appeared in the last issue of New Delhi's The Sunday Guardian . (I'm told the website should be operational soon.) ILUSTRAD...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Putting The Coo In Coorg

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express TIGER HILLS Sarita Mandanna Rubies flash fire, chills run down spines, soothsayers pr...

Not Much Of A Stranglehold

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This appeared in today's The Hindustan Times THE THING ABOUT THUGS Tabish Khair Thug. In mid-19 th century Britain, that word wa...
Friday, August 6, 2010

Pollyanna Doesn't Live here Anymore

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Or, why misery makes for good fiction. The next installment of my Yahoo! India column .
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

The A-Z Of Christopher Hitchens

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This is the first version of a review I did for DNA, the more 'conventional' form of which you can read here . HITCH-22 Christop...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Thousand Details Of David Mitchell

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET David Mitchell The human brain, it’s believed, ...
Friday, July 23, 2010

The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Books

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If there's one, could you let me know where to sign up? My new Yahoo column .
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Choice Cuts

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This appeared in today's DNA . THE ART OF CHOOSING Sheena Iyengar If you hold fast to the belief that everything is predestined, She...
Friday, July 9, 2010

The Risks Of Reading

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Vodka: 'Life is calling. Where are you?' Me: 'Do go away, I'm reading'   (My Yahoo! India column )
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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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