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Narcopolis, Jeet Thayil (2012)
The week my PhD scholarship ran out I thought I’d buy something memorable (but affordable) with my last pay cheque. I was expecting something along the lines of Vikram Chandra’s Sacred Games, or...
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Day 2 of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 25th January 2013
My brain is quite full by now, and thinking back to what I was listening to at ten this morning is a challenge! And there are still three days to go! I started off the day in a session in which I knew...
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Packaging Commonwealth Literature
In August 2013, the Commonwealth Writers organisation announced that it was discontinuing the prize it had awarded since 1987 (first as the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and then the Commonwealth Book...
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Goat Days, Benyamin, 2012
Goat Days, by Benyamin. Translated from the 2008 Malayalam ‘Aadu Jeevitham’ by Joseph Koyippally. New Delhi: Penguin, 2012. (Purchased for Kindle, Amazon Australia). (Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for...
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Island of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera, 2013
Island of a Thousand Mirrors, by Nayomi Munaweera. Gurgaon: Hachette India, 2013. Purchased in India. Nayomi Munaweera’s debut, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, is a beautiful, if unnecessarily complex...
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Weekly news
News: DSC Prize for South Asian literature long-list announced. I’m disappointed that some big-name authors (of varying levels of mediocre) books have been included, as these threaten to overshadow the...
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Weekly news
Events: Gangtok, Sikkim Winter Carnival, 14th-19th December. Various cultural and other events around the town. Delhi, Friday December 12th, 6.30pm, at the India International Centre. Radhaben Garwa,...
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