Paul Kalanithi – ” When Breath Becomes Air”

“…I found myself increasingly often arguing that direct experience of life-and-death questions was essential to generating substantial moral opinions about them. Words began to feel
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‘A sponge of history’ An interview with Kanishk Tharoor

(I interviewed Kanishk Tharoor on his collection of short stories — Swimmer Among the Stars, published by Aleph. The interview was published online on 30 January
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Julian Barnes, “The Noise of Time” and Wolfgang Hilbig, “I”

But endless terror continued for another five years. Until Stalin died, and Nikita Khruschev emerged. There was the promise of a thaw, cautious hope, incautious
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Vivek Shanbhag’s “Ghachar Ghochar”, translated by Srinath Perur

It’s true what they say — it’s notwe who control money, it’s the money that controls us.  … And let’s face it: there’s a vast
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Literati – “Readers return to book fairs” ( January 2016)

My column, Literati, has been published online on 16 January 2016 and will be published in print in the Hindu Sunday Magazine on 17 January
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DK: Star Wars books ( Jan 2016)

To coincide with the release of the new Star Wars film, Dorling Kindersley has published a bunch of to-die-for books and I am not even
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Book launch: Mrinal Pande’s “Dhvaniyon ke aalok mein stree” ( 4 January 2016, IHC)

On Monday, 4 January 2016, I attended Hindi publisher Rajkamal Prakashan’s book launch  for noted journalist and writer, Mrinal Pande’s Dhvaniyon ke aalok mein stree
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‘Jane Austen has mattered more to me than Irish folktales’ : Colm Toibin ( 26 Dec 2015)

(I interviewed Colm Toibin for The Hindu. The original url is: http://www.thehindu.com/features/lit-for-life/colm-toibin-in-conversation-with-jaya-bhattacharji-rose/article8026101.ece. It was published online on 26 December 2015 and in print on 27
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2016: Reading Order ( Asian Age, 3 January 2016)

2016 is an exciting year for books in India. Aravind Adiga, William Dalrymple, Aman Sethi and Romila Thapar will return in 2016 with new offerings,
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Literati: ” A book in any other form” ( 20 December 2015)

(My column, Literati, in the Hindu was published online on 19 Dec and in print on 20 December. Here is the link: http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/jaya-bhattacharji-rose-on-the-reading-experience/article8005049.ece ) Book-lovers want
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