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Mar 1, 20133 min read
Did He or Didn’t He?
Many of India’s diplomatic missions and residences abroad occupy beautiful and historic buildings: the Ambassador’s residence in Cairo...
Feb 3, 20135 min read
Of Valour Sublime
For several days now, the military bands have been practising beyond my office window, perfecting their march down to Vijay Chowk and...
Dec 1, 20125 min read
E.M. Forster chews ‘paan’
A passage to India in the company of E.M. Forster Occasional writing is a much neglected and sometimes denigrated genre probably because...
Nov 3, 20124 min read
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Tracing Dylan Thomas’s steps to his favourite watering hole, the White Horse Tavern, New York. I am in literary legend land in downtown...
Nov 1, 20124 min read
Short stopover
Navtej Sarna’s short story collection is here. As is Prajwal Parajuly’s. Will they usher in good times for short story writers in a...
Nov 1, 20125 min read
The unquiet Englishman
The Quiet American throws light on Graham Greene's personal life and is a vivid demonstration of his affirmed anti-Americanism. An early...
Jun 2, 20125 min read
Of Lords, aunts and pigs
Renewing one's acquaintance with Wodehouse is not unlike the timely pick-me-up administered by Jeeves to Bertie on the morning after the...
May 5, 20124 min read
Storyteller sublime
Eli Amir's novels examine issues of identity and the true meaning of exile. It is the best hour of the day in Jerusalem. The...
Mar 3, 20125 min read
Of Writers and writers
While some have all the time in the world to just put pen to paper, there are some authors who work all day and write at night. Judging...
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