Sunday, September 18, 2011

Diners' Club

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This appeared in today's   DNA . THERE BUT FOR THE Ali Smith What if a stranger comes to dinner and turns the lives of the hosts u...
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...