‘India and the World: A History in Nine Stories’

14 08 , 2018 No Comments
In May a two-month exhibition opened at National Museum, New Delhi. It had been curated by Naman P. Ahuja and Jeremy David Hill. The introduction
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Book Post 5: 5 – 12 August 2018

13 08 , 2018 No Comments
Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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Book Post 4: 29 July – 4 August 2018

04 08 , 2018 No Comments
Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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‘Kitty’s War’ review: War in the gunj

04 08 , 2018 No Comments
My review of Daman Singh’s novel Kitty’s War has been published in The Hindu Literary Supplement. It is online on 4 August 2018 and is in print
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Biographies for the new-age reader

30 07 , 2018 No Comments
Biographies of well-known personalities have always delighted readers for generations. Apart from being curious about how personalities reached the zenith of their profession/chosen field, life
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Book Post 3: 22-28 July 2018

30 07 , 2018 No Comments

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On Perumal Murugan’s “Poonachi” and “The Goat Thief”

28 07 , 2018 1 Comment
Noted Tamil writer Perumal Murugan published two books Poonachi ( published by Westland/ Amazon) and The Goat Thief ( Juggernaut Books ) earlier this year both of which have
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On Dalit literature – recent publications

27 07 , 2018 No Comments
Sujatha Gidla’s memoir Ants Among Elephants and Baburao Bagul’s When I Hid My Caste are some of the recent publications of Dalit literature published.  Interestingly the writers come from
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“Chalk Man” by C. J. Tudor

27 07 , 2018 No Comments
C. J. Tudor’s debut Chalk Man is a thriller that begins promisingly well. It is sinister, fantastically atmospheric.The opening pages of the story are very well written
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“Delhi’s Meatscapes: Muslim Butchers in a Transforming Mega-City” by Zarin Ahmad

27 07 , 2018 No Comments
Zarin Ahmad’s Delhi’s Meatscapes: Muslim Butchers in a Transforming Mega-City is a history of predominantly Muslim butchers particularly the Qureshi community (biradri) but others in the meat
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