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Zia Haider Rahman, “In the Light of What We Know”

( My review of Zia Haider Rahman’s debut novel, In the Light of What we Know, has been published in the Hindu Literary Review on 6
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Literati – A look at the world of publishing, books and writers ( 5/6 July 2014)

05 07 , 2014 No Comments

(My monthly column, Literati, in the Hindu Literary Review was published online ( 5 July 2014) and in print ( 6 July 2014). Here is
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Shibram Chakraborty

28 06 , 2014 No Comments

The Merry Adventures of Harshabardhan and Gobardhan is a delightful collection of stories about two brothers — Harshabardhan and Gobardhan. They are well-meaning but bumbling chaps.
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F. R. Hitchcock

27 06 , 2014 No Comments

‘Someone should do something about it,’ says Henry. ‘Like the army – perhaps we should call the army?’ ‘I dare you to make the call,’
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Eimear McBride, “A Girl is a Half-formed Thing”

24 06 , 2014 1 Comment

Oh my God I’m heartily sorry for having offended thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the
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Neamat Imam, “The Black Coat”

23 06 , 2014 No Comments

The language of rebellion is simple whereas the language of governance is very intricate. ( p.148) Neamat Imam’s debut novel The Black Coat is about newly independent Bangladesh
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Akhil Sharma, “Family Life”

23 06 , 2014 No Comments

Before we came to America, I had never read a book just to read it. When I began doing so, at first, whatever I read
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Some links from JLF 2013 and 2014, worth revisiting

17 06 , 2014 No Comments

Here are some links from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 and 2014 available on YouTube that I have enjoyed watching. Enjoy! 17 June 2014 Caravaggio
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Angarey and the Progressive Writers Movement

17 06 , 2014 No Comments

This year has been marked by the publication of Rakhshanda Jalil’s thesis by OUP – A Literary History of the Progressive Writer’s Movement in Urdu and
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The spirit of fiction, Emma Donoghue talks about her new novel, “Frog Music”

08 06 , 2014 No Comments

( My interview with Emma Donoghue was published in the Hindu Literary Review online edition yesterday. 7 June 2014. An edited version has been published
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