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Amazon for Authors, KDP in Delhi, 16 Feb 2014

I am assisting Amazon to put together a 2-hour event in Delhi. It is to introduce and discuss their self-publishing programme– Kindle Direct Publishing or
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PubSpeak, “Rules Of Publishing: Be On The Move”There has to be serendipity in publishing. It is the smarter way of keeping the ecosystem alive,

06 02 , 2014 3 Comments

( The latest edition of my column, PubSpeak, has been uploaded on BusinessWorld online today. The link is http://www.businessworld.in/news/economy/rules-of-publishing-be-on-the-move/1246485/page-1.html. I am also c&p the text below.
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“Of war and peace”. Interview with Romesh Gunasekera, The Hindu, 2 Feb 2014

02 02 , 2014 No Comments

(My interview with Romesh Gunasekera was uploaded on the Hindu Literary Review website on 1 Feb 2014 and published in the print edition on 2
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Ann Patchett ” This is the story of a happy marriage”

01 02 , 2014 No Comments

This is the story of a happy marriage is a collection of essays written by Ann Patchett over some years. These vary in length, covering a
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Q & A with Ravi Subramanian, 16 Jan 2014

16 01 , 2014 2 Comments

I read Ravi Subramanian’s Bankerupt recently. I enjoyed the story. It was a well-paced thriller, the intricacies of the financial world come through well. The understanding
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Mahesh Dattani, “Me and my plays”

15 01 , 2014 No Comments

I didn’t have an audience, because I didn’t have a language. The kind of text-based theatre I wanted to do could not be possible without
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Literary festivals in India, Brunch, Hindustan Times, 12 Jan 2014

12 01 , 2014 4 Comments

( Today my article on literary festivals of India has been published in the Brunch, Hindustan Times. The title in print is called “Booked & Hooked” and online
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Jaipur Literature Festival programme 2014

08 01 , 2014 No Comments

( Here is the full programme for Jaipur Literature Festival, 17-21 Jan 2014. This list was uploaded by Arunava Sinha, translator and journalist, on his
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Mukul Kesavan, “Homeless on Google Earth”

05 01 , 2014 No Comments

( My review of Mukul Kesavan’s book Homeless on Google Earth was published in the Hindu Literary Supplement today, 5 Jan 2014. The online version is available
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“The Scatter Here is Too Great” Bilal Tanweer

28 12 , 2013 No Comments

My father was particularly fond of stories from the long epic fantasy, Tilism Hoshruba. In these stories about evil sorcerers and good tricksters, when a sorcerer
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