Hindustan Times
Last week I read an odd sort of book – The Case of the Missing Servant, by Tarquin Hall.
Odd not because it’s strange. Odd because it’s a work of crime fiction by a Brit that’s set in contemporary India (specifically Delhi / NCR), starring a Punjabi detective, and it’s Indian in every way including the use of Indian English. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Brits, fiction, Indian, literature, The Case of Missing servant
I’m spring cleaning (high summer cleaning? Pre-monsoon cleaning?) my flat in preparation for a visit from my parents and all I can think about after a scour of various cabinets is – why on EARTH do I have so many plastic pouches from Kingfisher Airlines? What made me keep them? What made me TAKE them off the plane in the first place? What did I THINK I was going to do with them? Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged Bombay, earth, kenya, monsoon, summer, toilet
One of the fallouts of my Kenya trip is that I watch more TV than before. More TV = more Discovery Channel, more Animal Planet and more National Geographic. These were always my channels of choice anyway, together with Discovery Travel and Living, but in the last year or so, I’d tended to switch on the TV only for the news. Now, I’m a semi couch potato again – and loving every second of it. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged children, discovery, niece, parents, television
I was about to begin this post with a line I just remembered I’ve used before – ‘One of the happiest things about being a journalist is…’
So I stopped and thought I’d think of another opener, but I’ve changed my mind again. Because it’s 4 am by my computer clock, I’ve just sent the May 10 edition of Brunch to press, I’m waiting for the office car to return from dropping other late night workers home so I can go home, and I’m tired, okay? Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Filed under books · Tagged books, bookshop, history, humiliators, journalist, library, reader, Upinder Singh
