Friday, December 31, 2010

It's The Economy, Stupid: Musings On The Rise Of Asian Literary Prizes And Festivals

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This appeared in the latest edition of   The Caravan  Cherchez la femme goes the pulp fiction cliché: look for the woman, and you’ll dis...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

12 For 2010: My Books Of The Year

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I read more in 2010, but I didn’t read enough. Emma Donaghue’s Room , Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad and Howard Jacobson’s Th...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Bollywood Ending

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This appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai LOST AND FOUND C.P. Surendran Alejandro Inarritu’s influential 2000 film, Amores ...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Fate Slipping The Lead Into The Boxing Glove

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THE UPRIGHT PIANO PLAYER David Abbott One of the most revered copywriters in advertising, winner of a Clio lifetime award, a One Club Hall...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Tandoori Moose Nights

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This appeared in yesterday's The Sunday Guardian ONCE UPON A TIME IN SCANDINAVISTAN  Zac O'Yeah The Mediterranean is dry. San...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Half Empty

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This appeared in today's edition of   Mint Lounge . THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST Matt Ridley In September 2007, the financial institution...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Through The Luka Glass

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This appeared in today's DNA . LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie’s 1990 fable for children, Haroun and the ...
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Friday, December 3, 2010

Asia As It Is

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This appeared in the latest issue of Forbes India SOMEBODY ELSE'S CENTURY  Patrick Smith There have been, of late, many books that...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Freedom, Lost And Found

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My year-end piece for Yahoo India. On the one hand, freedom; on the other, its curtailment.  That’s the story of two books that attracted...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Windowpane Or Stained Glass?

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George Orwell wrote that good prose ought to be like a window pane. But those such as Nabokov, Banville and Updike prefer stained glass. The...
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