Saturday, March 22, 2014

In An Antique Land

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This review appeared in today's The Indian Express At one point in Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, A God in Every Stone , a character...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Tolstoy Reports From Crimea

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My Sunday Guardian column . Over one-and-a-half centuries ago, a young Russian aristocrat racked with gambling debts enlisted in the ar...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

"One Of The Few English Novels For Grown-Ups"

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This appeared in the latest issue of the Sunday Guardian -- although, by mistake, under a different byline.  When I first read George ...
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Sunday, February 9, 2014

One Of Marquez's Heirs

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . To the world, Gabriel Garcia Marquez still remains Latin America’s best-known writer, One Hundred ...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

This Land Is Our Land

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This appeared in today's Sunday Guardian . The members of a dysfunctional family come together to celebrate an event. Old bonds ar...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Reading's Serious Pleasure

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Today's Sunday Guardian column . Now that Jaipur's "largest free literary festival on earth” has come to a close, it’s ti...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

To Be Read In Bed

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A slightly condensed version of this appeared in today's Sunday Guardian . I spent most of last weekend in a horizontal position, so...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

My Favourite Unread Books Of The Year

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This appeared in today's Sunday Guardian . What a year it's been for not reading. From translated novels to Indian debuts to Am...
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

In Defence Of Eloquence

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This appeared in today's Sunday Guardian . Apart from the larger issues that have come to the fore during the Tehelka imbroglio, th...
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

A Portuguese Sends A Postcard Home

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My Sunday Guardian column . Those who continually claim that the novel is dead are simply those who have closed their eyes to its poten...