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Mukul Kesavan, “Homeless on Google Earth”

( My review of Mukul Kesavan’s book Homeless on Google Earth was published in the Hindu Literary Supplement today, 5 Jan 2014. The online version is available
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“The Scatter Here is Too Great” Bilal Tanweer

28 12 , 2013 No Comments

My father was particularly fond of stories from the long epic fantasy, Tilism Hoshruba. In these stories about evil sorcerers and good tricksters, when a sorcerer
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The Essential Ved Mehta

23 12 , 2013 No Comments

The Essential Ved Mehta is a collection of the author’s writings spanning 1957 to 2003. These are excerpts from his non-fiction writing, but each extract is
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The Best of 2013, a list

22 12 , 2013 No Comments

Update. 31 Dec 2013 ( I had posted the “Best of 2013” on 22 Dec 2013. To which I have a few more links to add.
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On translations in India, 2013. Published in DNA, 20 Dec 2013

20 12 , 2013 1 Comment

(My article on translations in 2013, trends and changes has been published this morning in DNA, 20 Dec 2013. I cannot find the link online
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Interviewing authors

18 12 , 2013 No Comments

Read. Read. Read. Read. The mantra that most writers suggest is the best way to hone one’s craft. The same holds true for reviewers, publishing
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“Boys don’t knit” by Tom Easton

17 12 , 2013 No Comments

Ben Fletcher is in a bit of a soup. He was with a bunch of his friends when he was nabbed after an unfortunate incident
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Of city biographies

08 12 , 2013 2 Comments

Places appear on maps as flat spaces;they don’t appear as stories of neighbourhoods. ( p.48 Amitava Kumar A Matter of Rats) In 2013, Aleph Book company
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“Keeping The Word”, PubSpeak, Dec 2013

04 12 , 2013 4 Comments

( PubSpeak in December 2013 is about trust deficit. It has been published originally in BusinessWorld online. Here is the url: http://www.businessworld.in/news/books/columns/keeping-the-word/1175440/page-1.html I am also c&p the
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Andre Schiffrin, “Publishing is transforming”

02 12 , 2013 No Comments

( It is a sad day indeed. Andre Schriffin, a publishing legend has passed away. I interviewed Andre Schriffin in 2011 when he came to
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