An evening with Andres Velasco, 3 Oct 2025, New Delhi

13 10 , 2025 No Comments
On Friday, 3 October 2025, I was invited to an exclusive interaction with Andres Velasco — economist, former Finance Minister of Chile and Dean of
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Reading advice

09 10 , 2025 No Comments
A friend asked for a list of books to recommend to university students. They had been invited to address the students. I have thought long
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“Language of the Immortals: A Concise History of Sanskrit” by Prof. G. N. Devy

01 10 , 2025 No Comments
Sanskrit has long been celebrated as one of the building blocks of Indian civilization, and is venerated in temples, scriptures, and classical literature. In Language
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“A Return to Self : Excursions in Exile” by Aatish Taseer

01 10 , 2025 No Comments
Aatish Taseer’s A Return to Self : Excursions in Exile ( HarperCollins India) is a collection of essays written over a period of time. The
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“The World With Its Mouth Open” by Zahid Rafiq

01 10 , 2025 No Comments
I had been hearing all good things about The World With Its Mouth Open for a while now. It lives up to its expectations. It
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“Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, Vol 1” by Gautam Bhatia 

25 09 , 2025 No Comments
I read this anthology. I interviewed Gautam Bhatia for TOI Bookmark. Here is a snippet from the conversation: I, of course, have been a long-time
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“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel” by Kiran Desai 

21 09 , 2025 No Comments
Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai’s latest novel is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel. It is published by Penguin Random House India. It
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“Running behind Lakshmi: The Search for Wealth in India’s Stock Market” by Adil Rustomjee

20 09 , 2025 No Comments
This book came in the post today. Flipping through it, there is a lot of history and plenty of technical jargon, but it is obvious
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“The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians” by Priya Purushothaman

20 09 , 2025 No Comments
The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians ( Hachette India) is gorgeous. It is accessible to even the non-Indian classical music listener. More
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“Animal Tales from India” by Chesta Wadhwani and “Tales from the Panchatantra” by Seher Beg. Both, illustrated by Nayan Bose.

19 09 , 2025 No Comments
Step into a world where animals talk, trick and teach, where tiny sparrows dream of the big sea and little parrots take on mighty fires.
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