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Experiments with the Novel

A mix of long fiction, travel writing, fictionalised autobiography and history, Rahul Bhattacharya fashions a different kind of a novel

A 10-to-7 Job

Hari Kunzru on how internet memes inspire him to create a whole new English, knowing when to shut off the world, and stocking up on 0.5 mm ballpoints in preparation

The Catch

On 10 November, Catch-22 turns 50. But rereading this classic still challenges sanity. So too, some of the books it seems to have inspired

Sonia, an Uncritical View

Clearly, a book for a foreign readership by an ill-informed writer. Why foist this on us?

“The longer you live somewhere, the less you see”

William Dalrymple on why he will never be able to write City of Djinns again, and on isolating himself in his world of books

Kabul Express

A fascinating account of the Afghan cricket team’s journey to the international arena

His Hollow Men

Shrilal Shukla passed away last week. But his books bear witness to man’s fundamental yearning for a moral life

The Two Faces of Bishan Singh Bedi

The Two Faces of Bishan Singh Bedi In a country where biographies are akin to hagiographies, Suresh Menon’s book on the spin bowler is refreshingly objective

Seeing is Unbelieving

Contemporary artists explore the power of illusion in our lives

‘Don’t Read My Books with a Red Pen in Your Hand’

Chetan Bhagat scratches his head over criticism of his books, and talks of writing as an emotional endeavour

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