The Hindu Literary Prize
The Sly Company of People Who Care won the Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011. Here is the shortlist, and below, the award citation. A link to an interview with The Hindu SHORTLIST Bharathipura, translated work of U.R. Ananthamurthy, translated by Sushila Punitha The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya The […]
Reviews for “The Sly Company of People Who Care”
USA & The Caribbean ‘What a voice, what a startling, funny, charming, provocative voice! Rahul Bhattacharya’s narrator is a true wanderer and a gifted poet of description. The journey he takes us on, through Guyana, through histories and selves, is a wonder.’ – Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask ‘Exuberant and often arresting… What a remarkable […]
Reviews for “Pundits from Pakistan”
‘One of the best cricket books to be published anywhere in many years. Forget the DVD; if you want to relive the tour, in all its dramatic complexity, read Bhattacharya’ — Mike Marqusee, Wisden Asia Cricket ‘Delightfully piquant . . . gently illuminating . . . emphatic and all-encompassing . . . The cricket book we’ve been waiting for […]
The Sly Company of People Who Care
A dazzling novel, propelled by a singularly forceful voice, Rahul Bhattacharya captures the heady adventures of travel, the overheated restlessness of youth, and the paradoxes of searching for life’s meaning in the escape from home.
Winner of the Ondaatje Prize and the Hindu Literary Prize
Pundits from Pakistan
One of the best-loved cricket books, Pundits from Pakistan will always remind us of what was and what could be. Funny, warm and uplifting, it is a fascinating account of a beautiful game in a crucial setting, as told by a young Indian discovering Pakistan.
On the ma of cricket semi-finals, India v Pakistan in Punjab, for the Hindustan Times op-ed page
Past events
Bocas Literature Festival, 26-29 April 2012 (http://www.bocaslitfest.com/) From the pitch to the page: the literature of cricket with Rahul Bhattacharya and Joseph O’Neill; chaired by Brendan de Caires 27 April 2012, 1.00–2.00 pm, Old Fire Station Fiction readings Rahul Bhattacharya and Chika Unigwe; chaired by Anita Sethi 29 April 2012, 11.00 am – 12.00, Old […]
The Great Indian Election Tamasha
Covering the Chandni Chowk constituency, Lok Sabha, 2009, for Outlook
A collection of monthly cricket columns I did for Mint Lounge
This and that on Cricinfo over the past few years