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Mughal Enchantment
Tridip Suhrud
With this novel, Sudhir Kakar’s transition from psychoanalyst to fiction writer has finally been successful.
Empire’s Legacy
Why hosting the Commonwealth Games does not imply disrespect for Indians who fought British imperialism. An extract
Half Right
Granted, it was inequality that set the world economy up for a crash. But how exactly? This is still open to debate
Red Alert
The fate of West Bengal is linked in many ways to how the CPM deals with the confusion that has gripped it over the years.
A Thug Resurrected
Tabish Khair’s new novel is a well told tale about the Thuggee. Now, if only he’d left his academic interests aside.
Heat and Dust (and the AC) in South Asian Novels
Authors with sweat-lined brows have invariably used air-conditioning as a literary device to get under their characters’ skin.
Sweet Poison
Namita Devidayal’s Aftertaste tells the syrupy saga of families in the mithai business. The author pleads guilty of a sweet tooth.
How I wrote my 500 page novel set in ancient Greece without being there
‘The Emissary’ takes you to Ancient Greece at the time of Alexander the Great through the tale of a young renegade who ends up with a role in shaping Greek destiny. How the idea took seed, though, is another story
The Pleasure Seekers
Doshi seems to have written an entire novel in search of answers that she believes will ground her to some sort of reality.
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