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Children of a Better GodA deeply touching, tenderly written story about the agonising challenges faced by children who have to live with lifelong disability and the ways in which these very special children can powerfully enrich our lives with their grit, positive ... EYECATCHERS 
Witness the NightDurga: 14-year-old girl, found all alone in a sprawling house in Punjab... the sole suspect in the mass murder of 13 members of her family.Simran: A whisky-swigging, chain-smoking social worker from Delhi... the only one who believes ...
IN CONVERSATION 
In defence of freedomTwenty years after helping defeat apartheid, the eminent writer Nadine Gordimer is fighting again — this time against the South African government's plans to muzzle the media. She tells Stephen Moss why… FACE TO FACE 
It's back to booksWith five of his novels being republished this month, well known Telugu author and former Press Chief of the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, Maganti Koteswara Rao tells T.S. SUBRAMANIAN how he balanced fiction writing and his career in public relations.
Mentor unsurpassed Well-known Tamil writer Anuthama recalls with affection her friend Chudamani Raghavan... 
Loss of a crest jewelEminent Tamil short story writer Chudamani Raghavan's passing is a great loss to the Indian literary scene. C.S.LAKSHMI, a close associate and Tamil scholar, reflects on their relationship which grew from a love for life and literature…
SECOND THOUGHTS No game for knights Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, introduced in The Big Sleep, has defined all private detectives in fiction. ENDPAPER Pretty little things... ... is how Russian author Vladimir Nabokov referred to paperbacks. Unlike other authors he wanted to be involved in their cover design.
Questions of belonging An evocative novel about the search for meaning and coherence in our chaotic lives… Unfulfilled promise Set in Trinidad, Valmiki's Daughter runs out of fizz halfway through… All that monkey business A story of changing values, attitudes and lives set in urban India… ANTHOLOGY A modest miracle The Groaning Shelf is a stylish, cultural landmark communicating one man's passion to a larger audience. ON THE HINDU BEST FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST Satire to savour Humorous, subtle, wicked… a combination that makes the book a good read. BIOGRAPHY Firebrand unveiled A sincere portrayal of the bandit queen's life, one that empathises with the subject. ON THE MAN BOOKER SHORTLIST Magic of an intense universe Evocative language plays a big part in the telling of this haunting tale about the real world... TRANSLATION A very human picture The narrative is sometimes filled with cliches, but the broad sweep of the canvas engages… ON THE HINDU BEST FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST Into the heart of a vibrant city Does Saraswati Park do justice to the multi-dimensional city that is Mumbai? No sense of place or people With neither passion nor purpose, this book remains flat and bloodless. NOVEL An expression of possibilities A superb book that shows us the big picture while at the same time placing us at ground level... ON THE HINDU BEST FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST Stories from the underground An intricate fabric that dazzles in parts but falls apart in the end. SHASHI BALIGA CHICKLIT Landscape of the soul Though the book is squeaky clean, it takes a brave woman to talk about love, gender and social politics so openly. |
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