As a journalist, there are two kinds of contacts I need (personal contacts are a whole different thing). The first is people I’m likely to tap often for information and insights because of their expertise in the subjects I follow, and these are my lifeline. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Filed under Life, Mumbai, New Delhi, books, india · Tagged Bombay: the cities within, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Kushal Rani Gulab, news, sharada
Are you the kind of person who saves up something you love – say, chocolate – for later? To be eaten as a kind of reward or treat after a bad day, or just to savour the infinite pleasure of anticipation?
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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Andrea Camilleri, books, bookshop, chocolate, Donna Leon, Guido Brunetti, Harry Potter, hindustantimes, HT blogs, kushalrani gulab
Worry not about this pompous-sounding headline. I’m not saying a THING about retail FDI, the Lokpal Bill or even the slap on Sharad Pawar’s face. Read more

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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Filed under Life, Mumbai, books, india · Tagged Expletive Deleted, FDI, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Kushal Rani Gulab, master chef, news, television programmes
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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Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Filed under Life, Mumbai, books, india · Tagged Bunny Suraiya, calcutta, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, HT blogs, kolkata, kushalrani gulab, news
I wonder who at Flipkart parcels up books for delivery. Read more

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