12 11 , 2014 No Comments
If we shift as we age towards appreciating everyday pleasures and relationships rather than towards achieving, having, and getting, and if we find this more
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Literati: Happy readers ( 2 Nov 2014)

Literati: Happy readers ( 2 Nov 2014)

02 11 , 2014 No Comments
My monthly column in the Hindu Literary Review was published online on 1 November 2014 and in print on 2 November 2014. Here is the url  http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/literati-happy-readers/article6555142.ece . I
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Press Release, Literary event, Embassy of Ireland, India ( 16 Oct 2014)

Press Release, Literary event, Embassy of Ireland, India ( 16 Oct 2014)

21 10 , 2014 3 Comments
Press Release On Thursday, 16 Oct 2014, H.E. Ambassador Feilim McLaughlin of Ireland hosted a literary soiree at his residence. It was organized to commemorate
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Edward St Aubyn “Lost for Words”

Edward St Aubyn “Lost for Words”

09 10 , 2014 No Comments
‘Sometimes you have to read the judges rather than the books,’ he could imagine himself saying in the long Vanity Fair profile that would one day inevitably
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Ali Smith – “How to be Both”

Ali Smith – “How to be Both”

09 10 , 2014 No Comments
It is like everything is in layers. Things happen right at the front of the pictures and at the same time they continue happening, both
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Literati: Memoirs (5 October 2014)

Literati: Memoirs (5 October 2014)

06 10 , 2014 No Comments
My monthly column in the Hindu Literary Review was published online on 4 October 2014 and in print on 5 October 2014. Here is the url  http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/a-look-at-the-world-of-books-publishing-and-writers/article6471249.ece
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Gandhi

Gandhi

02 10 , 2014 No Comments
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a lawyer who turned to politics after experiencing apartheid in
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Comeback heroes, 28 September 2014

Comeback heroes, 28 September 2014

28 09 , 2014 No Comments
( In today’s edition of the Hindu Magazine, I have an article on the resurrection of literary characters by contemporary novelists. The link was published
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Guest post: Why “The Lives of Others” makes me afraid, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Guest post: Why “The Lives of Others” makes me afraid, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

25 09 , 2014 1 Comment
( While reading ManBooker shortlisted novel, Neel Mukherjee’s The Lives of Others, I began to discuss it with Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. He is an avid reader.
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Naseeruddin Shah, “And Then One Day”

Naseeruddin Shah, “And Then One Day”

25 09 , 2014 No Comments
“The same year I watched a play for the first time, in the Sem concert hall. It was called Mr Fixit and has faded from my memory
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