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Donna Tartt, “The Goldfinch”

Donna Tartt can afford to spend years doing her research on art history, the underworld of antique and art sales, insights into high society,
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YouTube links with authors, worth watching.

06 05 , 2014 No Comments

In the past week, I have seen a few clips that are worth sharing. I am posting them in one blog post. On diverse topics
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Podcasts

06 05 , 2014 No Comments

Two fabulous websites for podcasts on books. The first is BBC Radio4 podcasts on book, literature, film, music, visual arts, performance, media and more. Razia
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Literati: “Catch them young”

03 05 , 2014 No Comments

From this month I begin a new column in the Hindu Literary Review called “Literati”. It will be about the world of books, publishing and
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Hanif Kureishi, “The Last Word”

03 05 , 2014 No Comments

“Talent is gold dust. You can pan among a million people and come up with barely a scrap of it. Commitment to the Word stands
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Granta 125 and 126

01 05 , 2014 No Comments

Granta 125: After the War and Granta 126: Do you Remember are two issues that you read, put away, mull over, revisit, make parts of it your own
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Siddharth Mukherjee, 27 April 2014

28 04 , 2014 No Comments

Last night I attended a public lecture at the India International Centre, New Delhi. It was delivered by Siddharth Mukherjee entitled “First they came for
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“Junior Premier League”, Joy Bhattacharjya

28 04 , 2014 1 Comment

A slim novel for ten-year-olds. Written by Joy Bhattacharjya and his twelve-year-old son, Vivek. The story is about Sachin, Neel and a bunch of boys
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RIP Bindia Thapar

21 04 , 2014 No Comments

The first time I met Bindia was when I was curating Poster Women for Zubaan. It was a visual mapping of the women’s movement in
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Sanjaya Baru, “The Accidental Prime Minister”

17 04 , 2014 1 Comment

I never planned to write a book about my eventful time in the PMO as Dr Manmohan Singh’s media adviser from 2004 to 2008. That
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