Sumeet Shetty, Literati, SAP Labs book club

Sumeet Shetty, Literati, SAP Labs book club

  Literati is the book-club at SAP Labs India, and India’s largest corporate book-club. Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, with locations in more than 130 countries,
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99 Khushwant Singh

99 Khushwant Singh

The first time I met Khushwant Singh was when I drove my grandfather, Mr N. K. Mukarji, across to Sujan Singh Park to meet him.
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The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton

The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton

The Miniaturist is Jessie Burton’s debut novel. It is set in seventeenth century Amsterdam. It is a tale about the young bride Nella Oortman, wife of
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Play with Me

Play with Me

Today, Ananth Padmanabhan’s debut novel, Play with Me, goes on sale. It is a slim novel about a successful photographer, Sid, in a boutique ad agency.
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Literati – “Stories on Conflict”

Literati – “Stories on Conflict”

( My monthly column, Literati, in the Hindu Literary Review was published online ( 2 August 2014) and in print ( 3 August 2014). Here is the url http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/stories-on-conflict/article6274928.ece .
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Bolbosh

Bolbosh

( This is an email invitation I received from Namita Gokhale, Co-Director, Jaipur Literature Festival. I am circulating the invitation with permission.) Dear All, Join
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Timur Vermes, “Look Who’s Back”

Timur Vermes, “Look Who’s Back”

Timur Vermes debut novel Look Who’s Back is about Adolf  Hitler returning to Berlin, 2011. It is written in first person. Adolf Hitler is who he says
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‘Writing is really an interruption of reading…’  Interview with Zia Haider Rahman

‘Writing is really an interruption of reading…’ Interview with Zia Haider Rahman

On 20 July 2014, The Hindu Literary Review carried an interview I had done with Zia Haider Rahman. A shortened version was published in print,
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To Kill A Mockingbird published as an ebook for the first time

To Kill A Mockingbird published as an ebook for the first time

Random House is delighted to announce that 54 years after it was first published Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbirdwill be released as an ebook today
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Modern day travelogues

Modern day travelogues

Travel writing has always had a special place in literature. Readers have been fascinated by stories of other places, cultures, people. In the past it
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