I’ve just finished a book called Calcutta Exile by Bunny Suraiya (you’ve met her often in Jug Suraiya’s columns). It’s about a family of Calcutta Anglo-Indians and is set 12 years after Independence, i.e. in 1959. Read more

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Which means that the third edition of Brunch Quarterly has been sent to press, which means that I’m back from flying so often between Bombay and Delhi that MIAL and DIAL have decided to charge me rent, which means that though I’m in the somewhat cross-eyed and creaky-boned condition that occurs when you try to do thrice the amount of work you usually do in the same amount of time you usually have, there ought to be no more interruptions on this blog for some time, till the fourth edition of Brunch Quarterly needs to go to press. Read more

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For the last couple of weeks, I’ve had only one book on my mind. The Granta Book of the African Short Story, edited by Helon Habila. Read more

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