Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011's 11

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To summarise one’s favourite fiction of 2011 this late in the year is to write about books that have been written about many times alread...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Flabby Fantasy

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . 1Q84 Haruki Murakami A female assassin wielding an ice-pick. Shadowy members of an u...

Lady Sings The Blues

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This appeared in last Sunday's DNA. OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI Mohammed Hanif Often, it’s an author’s signature tone of voice that’...
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...