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Veena Venugopal, “The Mother-in-Law”

( 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

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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Sumeet Shetty, Literati, SAP Labs book club

26 08 , 2014 No Comments

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

17 08 , 2014 No Comments

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

08 08 , 2014 No Comments

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

07 08 , 2014 No Comments

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”

02 08 , 2014 3 Comments

( 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

01 08 , 2014 No Comments

( 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”

31 07 , 2014 2 Comments

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

22 07 , 2014 No Comments

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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