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A Book with No Ending

Sandipan Deb

Unfinished last works by famous authors have always intrigued readers. Just as fascinating is Herge’s last Tintin, where Haddock loses his taste for whisky and the pages turn blank even as Tintin faces inevitable death.

Fujifilm S1800

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

A good buy, and on a budget too, in case you are looking for a prosumer camera with a great zoom.

Hanif and the Sea of Stories

Madhavankutty Pillai

Hanif Kureishi’s older stories are brilliant, funny and compelling. But the newer ones are a disappointment.

A Book of Ideas

Elizabeth Kuruvilla

A novel about the Holocaust that says a lot without even seeming to.

The Question

Open

An extract from Martel’s novel, within which is incorporated a play about a donkey (Beatrice) and a monkey (Virgil).

‘We’re Far Less Cynical about Animals than Humans’

Rahul Jayaram

Yann Martel on his fascination with animals, the Holocaust, and his new novel.

‘Indian Writing in English has Become Boring’

Madhavankutty Pillai

Hanif Kureishi on writing, racism and radical Islam.

Encounter of the 3D Kind

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

What is all this noise about 3D TV? Will it happen? Should you buy one? It’s everywhere, even in this magazine, and you must have thought, ‘Wow man, all geeks and newspapers are talking about it, and it is about time I changed my old TV’. Well, sit down, take a sip of that green tea, and read this. Trust us, it’s not that obvious.