Saturday, August 27, 2011

Desert Of Forking Paths

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . GODS WITHOUT MEN Hari Kunzru As with Vikram Seth, so with Hari Kunzru: it’s difficu...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

The Past Is A Foreign Country

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge THE ARTIST OF DISAPPEARANCE Anita Desai The ancient Chinese believed time is not a ladder on...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

It's The End Of The Book As We Know It, And I Feel Fine

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A lightly edited version of this appeared in today's The Hindustan Times. THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE BOOK Umberto Eco and Jean-Claud...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Amazon Grace

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This appeared in yesterday's The Indian Express. STATE OF WONDER Ann Patchett “If I want a plot,” American litterateur Elizabeth ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Readable, Not Towering

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian . LAST MAN IN TOWER Aravind Adiga Avarice runs through the pages of Aravind Adiga’s ...
Friday, July 8, 2011

The Wild West Bank

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THE ASCENT OF ELI ISRAEL AND OTHER STORIES Jonathan Papernick Beyond the headlines of flotillas, occupied territories and militant attac...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Navigating The Opium Trade

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This appeared in today's DNA RIVER OF SMOKE  Amitav Ghosh Set in 18 th century Japan, David Mitchell’s recent The Thousand Autumn...
Friday, June 24, 2011

The Decline And Fall Of Handwriting

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Languishing in remote corners of publishers' warehouses must be piles of mildewed books that claim to understand human beings through t...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Reading Yoga

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Practitioners of  yoga  have been much in the news these days — sadly, not because of the practice of yoga. Such a practice, as we should al...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Broken Wishbone Of Bangladesh

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian THE GOOD MUSLIM Tahmima Anam Independence and its discontents are at the heart of Ta...