Saturday, November 12, 2011

In Search Of Love And Beauty

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge A LOVESONG FOR INDIA Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Comparisons have often been drawn between ...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Occupy Poetry

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All of the words in this poem are drawn, in chronological order, from the quotes in Lizzie Widdicombe's Talk of the Town piece  on the ...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Lovers' Discourse

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . THE MARRIAGE PLOT Jeffrey Eugenides One doesn’t expect the conventional from a write...

The Shipping News

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This appeared in today's The Hindustan Times . THE CAT'S TABLE Michael Ondaatje An 11-year-old boy named Michael, “green as h...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Not Child's Play

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This appeared in today's DNA . PIGEON ENGLISH Stephen Kelman What is it about child narrators that Man Booker Prize judges can’t ...
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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...