Shovon Chowdhury, “The Competent Authority” ( A review)

Shovon Chowdhury, “The Competent Authority” ( A review)

03 08 , 2013 No Comments
( My review of The Competent Authority has been published in the Hindu Literary Review. 4 Aug 2013. Here is the url. http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/a-satire-like-no-other/article4985460.ece ) The
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Granta: Best of Young British Novelists 4

Granta: Best of Young British Novelists 4

03 08 , 2013 1 Comment
( My review of the Granta: Best of Young British Novelists 4 was published in the Hindu Literary Review. Online 3 aug 2013 and in
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On “discoverability” in publishing. (PubSpeak, BusinessWorld, Aug 2013)

On “discoverability” in publishing. (PubSpeak, BusinessWorld, Aug 2013)

01 08 , 2013 1 Comment
( My monthly column, “PubSpeak”, in BusinessWorld online. July 2013 is on “discoverability”. Here is the link to the orignial url http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/publishers-search-tools-to-find-readers/r1013160.37528/page/0 ) Publishers’ Search
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National Book Promotion Policy: Where Are We? ( Nov 2011)

National Book Promotion Policy: Where Are We? ( Nov 2011)

01 08 , 2013 No Comments
( My comments on the Indian Government’s National Book Promotion Policy. This is from my column, PubSpeak, in BusinessWorld, 18 Nov 2011. The original url
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Guest Post: Shovon Chowdhury on Bengali-ness

Guest Post: Shovon Chowdhury on Bengali-ness

30 07 , 2013 No Comments
Shovon Chowdhury is an ad man. His debut novel The Competent Authority is being published by Aleph in August 2013. I have reviewed the book
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Women and diets / healthy living

Women and diets / healthy living

27 07 , 2013 No Comments
Over the past few months I have read a bunch of newly published books on weight loss, healthy living, eating wisely and dieting. All the
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Marc Auge, “No Fixed Abode”

Marc Auge, “No Fixed Abode”

27 07 , 2013 No Comments
Ethno fiction…a narrative that evokes a social fact through the subjectivity of a particular individual. however, since this is neither autobiography nor confession, that fictional
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Of women travellers and writing

Of women travellers and writing

19 07 , 2013 1 Comment
In recent weeks I have read three books. All the Roads are Open: the Afghan journey by Annermarie Schwarzenbach (translated by Isabel Fargo Cole); The
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The Casual Vacancy, Rowling

The Casual Vacancy, Rowling

16 07 , 2013 No Comments
The more I read of The Casual Vacancy the more I am amazed at the power of Rowling’s storytelling. How can she make the most
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Samantha Shannon, “The Bone Season”

Samantha Shannon, “The Bone Season”

15 07 , 2013 No Comments
It is a complicated world that Samanatha Shannon has created in The Bone Season. The heroine is nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney. She has been working in
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