Books
His Father’s Ghost
Hartosh Singh Bal
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
My Father, Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri
Photojournalist Dhruva N Chaudhuri recounts the delight his father took in his practised eccentricity
The New York Lessons
Siddhartha Deb on how the city refined his ‘inbuilt shit detector’ and made him a more honest writer
Doubt and Dogma
Tarun Tejpal’s novel should be read to understand the world we live in, one that extremist ideologies have plunged into darkness
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
If Jug, like his Riverdale namesake, seems too laidback to be paying attention to weightier matters, you’ve been had
How to Survive as an Indie Publisher
It takes more than just the belief that there exists a market for ‘alternative’ books. It takes an intense dedication to quality and plenty of gumption, says Yoda Press’
Not Lost in Translation
Reading these graphic novel adaptations of Agatha Christie crime novels is like rediscovering an old friend
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