A. N. Wilson, “Victoria: A Life”

A. N. Wilson, “Victoria: A Life”

19 09 , 2014 2 Comments
“…she kept a gimlet eye on foreign affairs and on domestic politics throughout, even at her lowest moments of despair. But the diurnal tedium of
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Sarah Waters, “The Paying Guests”

Sarah Waters, “The Paying Guests”

15 09 , 2014 No Comments
“…men never do want women to do the things they want to do themselves, have you noticed?”  ( p.80) The Paying Guests is Sarah Water’s sixth novel. It
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Karen Jay Fowler, ” We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”

Karen Jay Fowler, ” We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”

12 09 , 2014 No Comments
Language is such an imprecise vehicle I sometimes wonder why we bother with it.  ( p.85, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves) Karen Jay Fowler’s award-winning
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Aleksander Hemon, “The Book of My Lives”

Aleksander Hemon, “The Book of My Lives”

11 09 , 2014 No Comments
The situation of immigration leads to a kind of self-othering as well. Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that
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Literati: Diversity in books (6 September 2014)

Literati: Diversity in books (6 September 2014)

06 09 , 2014 No Comments
My monthly column, Literati, in the Hindu Literary Review was published online ( 6 September 2014) and in print ( 7 September 2014). Here is the url http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/literati/article6386263.ece.
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Esther Freud “Mr Mac and Me”

Esther Freud “Mr Mac and Me”

01 09 , 2014 No Comments
Mac is working on a bright purple grape hyacinth. He has it laid out on a sheet of paper and is examining its tiny solid
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“Price Fighters” ( The Hindu, 31 Aug 2014)

“Price Fighters” ( The Hindu, 31 Aug 2014)

01 09 , 2014 No Comments
( The Hindu asked me to write a short piece about the ongoing price war between Amazon and Hachette. It was published on 31 August
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Kalyan Ray, “No Country”

Kalyan Ray, “No Country”

01 09 , 2014 No Comments
( I was asked by Asian Age to  interview Kalyan Ray and review his new novel, No Country. The review-cum-interview was published in the Sunday edition of Asian
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Veena Venugopal, “The Mother-in-Law”

Veena Venugopal, “The Mother-in-Law”

27 08 , 2014 No Comments
( I read Veena Venugopal’s fabulous book, The Mother-in-Law, in one sitting. Instead of posting a review online, I immediately wrote her an email.  It was
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Guest post: Historicizing Myths, Mythologizing History, Sami Ahmad Khan

Guest post: Historicizing Myths, Mythologizing History, Sami Ahmad Khan

26 08 , 2014 No Comments
( On 21 February 2014, during the World Book Fair, New Delhi, Sami Ahmad Khan was in conversation with thriller writer Aroon Raman and Sangeeta Bahadur. Aroon
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