Antiblurbs

You can buy them. You can borrow them. You can download them. But are all those books out there really worth your while? Herewith some brief assessments.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

The Long And Short Of Stories

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . Is there such a thing as a typical American short story? Some will answer that question by point...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Why Penguin Random House Should Merge With Me

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Dear Messrs Pearson and Bertelsmann, Congratulations on the creation of Ranguin. I know you’ve decided to go with another name, but I...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Not Brought To Book

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My Sunday Guardian column. Because soon, we may encounter bookstores only in works of fiction. Anyone who likes reading probably has...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Perils Of Writing When Online

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My column for The Sunday Guardian Is that the time? I’d better start writing this column: if I don’t get it done soon, I’m going t...
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Many More Ramayanas

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This appeared in today's DNA BREAKING THE BOW: SPECULATIVE FICTION INSPIRED BY THE RAMAYANA Edited by Anil Menon and Vandana Singh ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

When Fiction Goes Digital

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Today's column for the Sunday Guardian . It’s been said many times that if Shakespeare were alive today, he’d be writing for TV....
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Letters Home

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This appeared in today's DNA . AEROGRAMMES Tania James One of the stories in Tania James’ impressive collection, Aerogrammes , i...

What Happens To The Passages Of Novels That We Skip?

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . I try to leave out the parts that people skip, Elmore Leonard once said, when asked about his...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Steven Millhauser's Grains Of Sand

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . When you spend much of your free time reviewing books, you realize very soon that most of them ...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Songs From Shillong

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A slightly-edited version of this appeared in the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai . BOATS ON LAND Janice Pariat With her debut short...
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