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Amit Chaudhuri, “Calcutta” (17 Feb 2013)

Title: Calcutta: Two Years in the city Author: Amit Chaudhuri Publication details: Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2013. Hb. Pp. 308
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“Don’t buy this book now!”

04 02 , 2013 No Comments

“Structured procrastination.” A delicious phrase coined by John Perry in Don’t But This Book Now! for merely faffing. Without really making you feel guilty he
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Children of a Dreadful Midnight, Ruchir Joshi (31 Jan 2013)

31 01 , 2013 No Comments

Original post on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/notes/ruchir-joshi/children-of-a-dreadful-midnight/10151468364809434 Dear Fellow-citizens, Let’s be clear about this: yesterday, Calcutta finally completed its downfall from the cultural capital of all Asia
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On poetry — my thoughts ( 29 Jan 2013)

29 01 , 2013 1 Comment

The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry Edited by Sudeep Sen HarperCollins Publishers, India, 2012. Pb. Pp.540. Rs. 599. Panchali’s Pledge Subramania Bharti Translated by Usha
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The Convert, Deborah Baker

07 01 , 2013 No Comments

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2420670.ece (first published in the Hindu Literary Review, 3 Sept 2011) The Convert is about Maryam Jameelah who converted from Judaism to Islam and became
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Australian author and illustrator Frane Lessac’s visit to Pathways School, NOIDA

18 12 , 2012 No Comments

Last month Australian author and illustrator Frane Lessac was visiting India. While on tour she was in Delhi to participate in the Bookaroo festival. It
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Rajnikanth, the definitive biography by Naman Ramachandran

12 12 , 2012 No Comments

This is a well written biography of a very impressive man. Rajnikanth may be a movie superstar but he is definitely so for his humility
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Mixed Tape, Mantaray and Prabha Mallya

03 12 , 2012 No Comments

Curious experiment with comics. A new bi-monthly experiment with comics of 3-8 pages long. Launched by Mantaray, an independent publishing firm based in Bangalore and
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Inking India, Asian Age

02 12 , 2012 No Comments

My article (cover story) on word portraits of India, published in Asian Age, 2 Dec 2012. Here is the link http://www.asianage.com/cover-story/inking-india-946 The recent Girish Karnad-V.S.
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Janice Pariat “Boats on Land”

28 11 , 2012 No Comments

An excerpt from an email exchange with Janice Pariat who recently published her debut collection of short stories — Boats on Land (Random House India,
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