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Histories of belonging and becomingFinally, Amitav Ghosh gets into the Man Booker shortlist with his Sea of Poppies. Ghosh’s novels, says PRIYAMVADA GOPAL, is a reclamation of all that is valuable, possible and indispensable in our heterogeneous culture.
Native narratives There is a renewed pride in resurgence of aborigine oral traditions in Australia today. PREMA SRINIVASAN
COMMENT Partners in words Literary collaborations seem to have their own fascinating stories to tell.
FACE TO FACE Partial portraits Excerpts from a conversation with Rajorshi Chakraborti on his just-released book Derangements… MITA KAPUR INTERVIEW Seeds of hope Manju Kapur, whose fourth novel The Immigrant has just been published, says writing is a solitary vocation.
CLASSICS REVISITED The keepers of conscience The Penguin Book of Socialist Verse, edited by Alan Bold, published 1970. It is currently out of print but good second copies are available from www.abebooks.com. BOOK WATCH 
Bitten by the Indian bugSahibs Who Loved India,compiled and edited by Khushwant Singh, Penguin, Rs. 325Purely by coincidence, all three books mentioned in this column have something to do with India’s colonial past. To begin with, ... 
Unsung torch-bearersIn So Many Words: Women’s Life Experiences from Western and Eastern India, edited by Aparna Basu and Malavika Karlekar, Routledge, Rs. 475.Of an entirely different genre is In So Many Words: Women’s Life ... 
'Ghoralogues' on 1857The Warner Letters: The Experiences of Two English Brothers During the Indian Rebellion of 1857-1859, June Bush, Rupa, Rs. 395.This is really from the days by-gone. In an age of emails, chats and SMSs, it is really ... FIRST IMPRESSIONS 
Lessons in HeartbreakFunny how this book reminds me of a blockbuster of another time! Thornbirds was a powerful saga of a family in Australia whose story tugged at the heartstrings of a million readers worldwide. Reading Cathy ... 
East of the SunThe Raj continues to be a topic of fascination for the present generation of authors, be it romance, history fact or fiction. The latest entrant on the block once again steeps itself in the lives of those Britishers who came to India ... 
Insects Are Just Like You And Me Except Some Of Them Have WingsThere are 35 short stories. Going by just that, it’s an astounding number for a first-time writer. Looking at and reading some of them would prompt yet another thought; they certainly are all original and intriguingly most of them, ... ENDPAPER Underrated brilliance The film (and the play) feel like an intellectual and emotional roller-coaster ride. WORDSPEAK Fit for a king A discussion on the etymology of two expensive and luxurious fabrics.
HISTORY River sutra A riveting account of the life and civilisation along the banks of the river Indus down the centuries. ESSAYS Strange and sublime Amit Chaudhuri’s collection of previously published articles is an attempt at an alternative story of modernity. Skimming the surface Despite the initial promise, the sense of place crucial to a novel is missing in Weed. Behind a billion-dollar industry A rigorous inquiry into the often seamy global system that packages and places food in the supermarkets of the world. FICTION Confluence of genres Alameddine resurrects the fading oral tradition in a multimedia-like narrative. SHORT STORY 
Old story, new moralThe floods in the river Kosi seem to come and go at their own will as it happened again this year and nobody seems any the wiser. A short story by PHANISHWARNATH RENU,written 50 years ago, on the annual ritual and the mileage that politicians get out of it. Translated from the Hindi by Rakhshanda Jalil. MEMOIRS Of change and loss A story of unsettled lives, narrated with warmth, wit and charm. Pretty good yarn Breaking Dawn celebrates the essence of being 16 without dumbing things down. POETRY Representative voices 60 Indian Poets is an anthology marked by benevolence and fairness in its inclusion of near-forgotten and emerging poets. EXPRESSIONS Crisis and beauty Ali left behind a world of colour and textures that will inspire generations to come. TRANSLATIONS A manoeuvred voice The book illustrates the author’s act of negotiation with the dominant patriarchal order of the time to have her voice heard. Sense of place Two different voices and settings make compellingly honest reading. Rough passages Stories of growing up, urbane in style and retrospective in tone. The pain and passion of broken hearts Antony’s writing style is refreshing precisely because she has absolutely no interest in ‘feel good’ presentations. SPACES Visions of two cities With an unerring eye for detail, Jhabvala documents the metamorphosis of two metropolises. |
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