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Prize Reads
This year’s Booker winner and last year’s winner of the Prix Goncourt have arrived simultaneously at Indian bookstores. Here are some good reasons to pick one over the other
Where the Gods Come to Die
Byatt’s retelling of Ragnarok, with its references to environmental destruction and cyclical violence, reminds us that a great myth is always relevant
Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2
It’s for indoor use only. But that’s true of a 60 carat solitaire too
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
Acer C110
A lightweight pocket projector with a USB power cable that reduces wire clutter
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
Sony DSC-HX7V
This camera takes forever to do everything it does. But does it all really well
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