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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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“Feminists and Science:Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India”

30 11 , 2015 No Comments

In 2015 STREE published the first volume of a collection of essays called Feminists and Science: Critiques and Changing Perspectives in India. It has been edited by
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Naveed Jamali & Ellis Henican “How to Catch a Russian Spy”

18 11 , 2015 No Comments

Naveed Jamali’s book How to Catch a Russian Spy documents his life as a double agent. He worked with the FBI but led the Russians to believe
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Nicolas Henin “Jihad Academy: The Rise of Islamic State”

18 11 , 2015 No Comments

To prevent radicalisation, rather than putting imams on Arab dictators’s payrolls, we could seek to channel the goodwill of all those (Muslims and others) who
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Literati: A Spiderweb of Yarns ( 14 November 2015)

15 11 , 2015 No Comments

My monthly column, Literati, in the Hindu Literary Review was published online on 14 November 2015 and in print on 15 November 2015). Here is the http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/a-spiderweb-of-yarns/article7872752.ece. I
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Amazon for Authors, KDP in Kolkata ( Calcutta), 8 Dec 2015

13 11 , 2015 1 Comment

Amazon is hosting a 2-hour event over lunch in Kolkata on Tuesday, 8 Dec 2015. It is to introduce and discuss their self-publishing programme–
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From Paro Anand’s “Like Smoke”

29 10 , 2015 No Comments

Award-winning children and young adult writer, Paro Anand, is out with a new collection of short stories called Like Smoke. It has been published by Penguin
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Armand Marie Leroi “The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science”

25 10 , 2015 No Comments

Award-winning The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science by biologist Armand Marie Leroi ( http://www.armandmarieleroi.com/ ) is an absorbing commentary on Aristotle’s Historia animalium of Enquiries into Animals. Examining the
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Siddhartha Mukherjee, “The Laws of Medicine”

25 10 , 2015 1 Comment

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a thinking medical practitioner who is constantly researching, evaluating, placing within historical context and evolving his engagement with medicine. Every time you listen
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Vikram Seth, “Summer Requiem”

23 10 , 2015 No Comments

Vikram Seth’s poetry is exquisite. Always was and is. Years ago I recall my mother being handed a copy of The Golden Gate by a friend, a
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