Books
A Hindi Film on Paper
Madhavankutty Pillai
The reaction of a literary snob on turning the pages of a Chetan Bhagat book for the first time
Nowhere Men
Alien cults, Wall Street analysts, missionaries, ethnologists and rockstars go on an existential quest in the desert
Cricket’s Bad Boy
Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography is a bitter man’s rant against his more accomplished peers
The F Word
At a time when many women are rejecting the ‘feminist’ label, those who led India’s first wave of feminism review the battles they fought
‘The Discipline of the Short Story is Terrifying’
Alan Hollinghurst on fighting laziness, living in the world of his novels and the pressures of being a gay writer
Couplet Omlette
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s translations of Kabir, with a generous dose of American slang, are awkward at times. But the remix experiment is worth the risk of failure
His Father’s Ghost
There is no doubt about Aatish Taseer’s skills as a writer, but there’s a limit to how much one can read about his troubled relationship with his father
‘Writing has a Religious Character’
Aatish Taseer believes writing is an ‘intense form of concentration’, and when immersed in it, he often feels he can live without friends, family or lovers
The Memory Game
A favourite for the Man Booker prize this year, Alan Hollinghurst’s country house novel may appear oddly familiar to Indian readers of English literature
Keep It Simple, Silly
A for assets, B for blue-chips, C for cashflows… Going by these guides, personal investment is kid’s play
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