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Earlier this month — it’s still November when I’m typing this. The last day and last hour of November perhaps, but still November — I was roaming around the National Centre for Performing Arts (where the Tata Literature Live! fest was being held for the first time since 2020…
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It’s firecracker night where I am, by which I mean it’s Diwali. Historically speaking, we South Asians are not really a firecracker culture — that would be the Chinese. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen the documentary Sky Ladder, about Chinese artist Cai Guo-qiang who uses…
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Whatever you put next to this Rushdie novel is doomed to sound like a statement and/or social commentary.

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In March — which seems like a year ago — I managed to sneak in the newsletter just before the last day of the month ended. Not so in April, even though…
In which the writer sneaks in the March newsletter *just* before the end of the month
February has not been a great month. I’d complain about my not being able to get much reading (or writing) done, but there are arguably bigger problems…
More than 50 reccos of fiction, poetry and non-fiction from Amazon India's soon-to-be-shut-down publishing house.
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’Tis the season of round-ups, but if you’re hoping for a “best of 2021” list from me, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed. This business of December…
Some of you know that I co-host a books podcast called The Lit Pickers (we just finished our second season. Much fun). On the podcast, we did a…
I’ve been putting off writing this newsletter for weeks. Why? Because in the past two months(ish), practically every week I’ve finished a book and…
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