Sunday, January 27, 2013

Philip Roth, Experimental Novelist

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My Sunday Guardian column . “I wake up in the morning, get a big glass of orange juice and read for an hour-and-a-half. I've never...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

A Writer's Silence, A Leader's Roar

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This week's Sunday Guardian   column . The ongoing civil war in Syria continues to claim more lives amidst opposing claims and shi...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Branches of Childhood

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This appeared in the latest TimeOut Delhi THE SKINNING TREE Srikumar Sen It’s not easy to write about the experience of childhood. ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

1984 and 1948

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My Sunday Guardian column The new Penguin edition of George Orwell’s 1984 has a terrific cover that features the author’s name and ...
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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Alberto Manguel's Labyrinths

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My Sunday Guardian column . As a teenager in Buenos Aires, Alberto Manguel spent much time reading aloud to the by-then sightless Jorg...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Found In Translation: My Favourite Fiction of The Year

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My Sunday Guardian column . Most of the fiction I found noteworthy in 2012 was in translation. Here, there was all the inventiveness, ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

On The Stories Of Mercè Rodoreda

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My Sunday Guardian column Blurbs are often overblown; yet, when they’re by the right person and say the right things, they can be re...
Friday, December 21, 2012

A Grief History Of Time

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This appeared in the latest edition of Mint Lounge NOT ONLY THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED Mridula Koshy The intimacy and focus that...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Lotus, Danai: Memories Of Mumbai's Bookshops

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . I miss a time when I didn't have to be informed that rents were too high for bookshops to ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Glacial Love Story

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This appeared in the latest edition of TimeOut Mumbai. THINNER THAN SKIN Uzma Aslam Khan In a time of unmanned drones, sudden exp...