Saturday, March 24, 2012

An Existential Laurel And Hardy

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express . DOGMA Lars Iyer In his recent “ literary manifesto after the end of literatu...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Mumbai: The Cities Within

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What's interesting about these five recent books set in Mumbai is that they bring us glimpses of the city, from the Thirties to the pre...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

If You Really Want To Hear About It

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This appeared in today's DNA . J.D. SALINGER: A LIFE RAISED HIGH Kenneth Slawenski In The Catcher in the Rye , J.D. Salinger ...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Shackled

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This appeared in yesterday's The Indian Express THE PRISONER OF PARADISE Romesh Gunesekera Naïve young men and women. A bespoil...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Posters For #flashreads

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Some rough-and-ready posters for use on February 14: e-mail, display, put up on your blog or print and wrap fish in them. For the initiati...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

Ravan And Eddie Redux

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This appeared in the current issue of Tehelka . THE EXTRAS Kiran Nagarkar Like the city in which it is set, Kiran Nagarkar’s The Extr...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

15 Literary Predictions For 2012

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This appeared in today's DNA. The jury's out on whether the Mayan prophecy of the world ending in 2012 will come to pass. If we...
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Lost In The Middle Kingdom

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This appeared in yesterday's The Hindustan Times THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S CURE Kunal Basu Novels, like human beings, sag in the m...
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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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