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.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Where Have All The Myths Gone?

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Abandoned children, scorned suitors, valiant women and men struggling against fate, shape-shifting tricksters, Pyrrhic victories and rites o...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Balkan Beast

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express. THE TIGER'S WIFE Tea Obreht You can erase national boundaries, but me...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Unfinished, Not Unpublished

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After what Amit Varma calls "the longest drinks break in history", the Yahoo India columns are back. And my piece on unfinished ma...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Hollywood's Bombay

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This appeared in Saturday's The Indian Express NIGHT IN BOMBAY Louis Bromfield Louis Bromfield’s Night in Bombay isn’t a novel with...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Hill Station Blues

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge. THE FOLDED EARTH Anuradha Roy A sense of place is “one of the lesser angels that watch over ...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Laughing At Big Brother In The Middle East

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express THE JOKERS Albert Cossery With the cries from Tahrir Square still being heard all ove...
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...
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