December 2013
Reading and talking with Gaiutra Bahadur, author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture
Saturday, 28 December 2013, 4pm
May Day Bookstore and Cafe, 2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi 110008
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Coolie Woman
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Sachin, one last time
“To Lahli we went like pilgrims to a mela.” Farewell, for India Today.
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Forsaking aching breaking years
Forsaking aching breaking years
“Except possibly Springsteen I’m not sure I’d heard formulations like that in rock before. They were vague and specific, correct and powerful.” Australian rock songs in an Indian teenagehood, for Christian Ryan’s magnificent new production, Rock Country
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A Class of Her Own
Humaira Bachal founded a school in a squatter colony in Karachi when she was 13.
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Love Letters
Of two Indian cricketers who found love on tour, romance by post, and left to make a home in countries far away. The Nightwatchman.
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The Great Tamasha
A review of James Astill’s book on Indian cricket, for the New York Times.
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A Matter of Rats
July 2013
In conversation with Amitava Kumar, about his new book, a short biography of Patna
22 July, 6pm
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Dravid & Laxman
“The great sitar player Ustad Vilayat Khan once said the idea of a jugalbandi was to both showcase and subdue oneself. As he hands over to his partner, the artiste must judge how much to dissolve the tune. Dravid and Laxman dissolved into one another more harmoniously, more significantly, than any other Indian duo.”
A tribute to the great batsmen in Wisden Almanack no. 150.
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The Folio Prize
“Its aim is simple: to celebrate the best fiction of our time, regardless of form or genre, and to bring it to the attention of as many readers as possible. Through The Folio Prize Academy, an international group of people who write, review and delight in books, it will discover and promote excellence in writing, encouraging people to put great literature at the centre of their lives.”
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Events 2013
Capital M Literary Festival, China, March 2013
(http://www.m-restaurantgroup.com/capitalm/literary-festival.html)
Wanderlust writing: Creating a narrative loyal to the traveller’s experience
with Rahul Jacob, Beijing, 9 March, 3 pm
3/F, No. 2 Qianmen Pedestrian Streetwith Mishi Saran, Shanghai, 10 March, 1 pm
6 & 7/F, No. 5 The Bund
