Saturday, September 17, 2011

Misspeak, Memory

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Julian Barnes The nature and length of the novella as a form c...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Back To The Navel

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This appeared in the latest issue of  Tehelka . NOON   Aatish Taseer The great Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer once said, “In all ...
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...