Sunday, February 27, 2011

Call Diverted

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This appeared in the latest issue of Tehelka INDIA CALLING Anand Giridharadas You know a nation’s economic prowess is on the ascendan...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Karachi Noir

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This appeared in today's DNA . INVITATION Shehryar Fazli Some say there are only a limited number of basic plots and subjects, an...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Just So-so Story

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A lightly-edited version of this appeared in today's The Hindustan Times THE URBAN JUNGLE Samrat A classic 1920s postcard feature...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Spare, Disquieting Power

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This appeared in yesterday's edition of New Delhi's The Sunday Guardian NEMESIS Philip Roth As of now, India, Pakistan, Afgha...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Novel Musings

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge THE NAIVE AND THE SENTIMENTAL NOVELIST Orhan Pamuk Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina . Woolf’s To the ...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Less Novel, More Social Document

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This appeared in today' s DNA . THE COLLABORATOR Mirza Waheed There are two ways to read Mirza Waheed’s The Collaborator . The fir...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

A Sterling Testimonial

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This appeared in today's T he Indian Express PEREIRA MAINTAINS Antonio Tabucchi It’s been said that a book’s style and its conten...
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 ...