Sunday, May 27, 2012

On John Cheever, 'The Dante Of The Cocktail Hour'

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The next instalment of my column for New Delhi's The Sunday Guardian . An Indian city’s suburbs are, typically, squalid, overcro...
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In Greeneland

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This appeared in today's DNA . THE MAN WITHIN MY HEAD Pico Iyer It’s not often that a writer composes a book-length homage to a...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Ignoring Writing Advice

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The next instalment of my column for The Sunday Guardian. Over the years, a cottage industry has arisen around books that offer advice...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Small Exiles

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This appeared in today's The Indian Express DIFFICULT PLEASURES Anjum Hasan To read Anjum Hasan’s Difficult Pleasures, a colle...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

More Chemistry Than Tears

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This appeared in today's The Hindustan Times THE CHEMISTRY OF TEARS Peter Carey Unlikely couples and wily inventiveness have of...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Judging A Book By The Ad On Its Cover

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The next instalment of my column for The Sunday Guardian Publishers have started printing advertisements on book covers in a move to ...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Irish English

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian Whether it’s a secret ingredient added to the water or the magical powers of the Blar...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Mum Isn't The Word

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This appeared in today's Mint Lounge PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER  Kyung-sook Shin In Mrinal Sen’s Ek Din Pratidin and Ek Din Achana...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

The Long And Short Of Sentences

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This appeared in yesterday's The Sunday Guardian. Take a deep breath before you start to read Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis : the f...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Critics And Enemies Of Promise

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian Critics can’t write good novels. This is as it should be, I suppose, given that the...
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