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Unfinished, Not Unpublished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...