Monday, July 2, 2012

Second Novel Blues

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This appeared in yesterday's Sunday Guardian . One of the characters in Rupa Bajwa’s second novel happens to be a novelist unable ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

When Writers ReJoyce

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The next instalment of my column for The Sunday Guardian. Last week, thousands gathered in Dublin and elsewhere to commemorate the Fea...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Anomie And Bonhomie

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Mumbai BLACK BREAD WHITE BEER Niven Govinden In keeping with its title, Niven Govinden’s Black ...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

All The News That's Unfit To Print

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian. Intrepid seekers. Naïve ingénues. And cynical hacks. In fiction, journalists general...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Why Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby Should Have Been Set In India

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This appeared in today's The Sunday Guardian Given Baz Luhrmann’s love of the flamboyant, it’s entirely possible that he’s going t...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

What Writers Can Learn From Katrina Kaif

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The next instalment of my column for The Sunday Guardian. “What is the job definition of an actor? Technically, you must perform you...
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...