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    Capturing the reality of violence

    If you’ve never experienced it, institutionalised violence is incredibly hard to imagine, however strong your...

    28 Aug 2016 2:13 AM IST

    England, Jerusalem and a life in sepiaBooks
    England, Jerusalem and a life in sepia

    There must some irony in this, though to be honest, I’m not certain exactly where: the second I finished reading a...

    24 July 2016 1:38 AM IST

    Life, the way greed shapes itBooks
    Life, the way greed shapes it

    I think I may once, in my youth, have been to a nightclub in Mumbai a bit like Tram 83, the one in the eponymous book by...

    19 Jun 2016 12:42 AM IST

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    Trauma beneath a picture perfect life

    I must begin my review of Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll with a disclaimer: after I finished it, I was totally...

    5 Jun 2016 1:55 AM IST

    Matters of size and soulmatesBooks
    Matters of size and soulmates

    Maybe it’s because I’m middle-aged that where once I thought chick-lit was cute, today I think it’s...

    30 April 2016 10:51 PM IST

    A whodunnit that kills with laughterBooks
    A whodunnit that kills with laughter

    Much can be forgiven, especially a writer who comes up with the deadliest name in all crime fiction: Deadlyappa. And...

    9 April 2016 9:55 PM IST

    The immigrant book I’d been waiting forBooks
    The immigrant book I’d been waiting for

    Making enthusiastic noises about books by Abeer Y. Hoque seems to be becoming quite a habit for me.

    20 March 2016 6:08 AM IST

    Laughter that doesn’t reach the eyesBooks
    Laughter that doesn’t reach the eyes

    Pre-publication praise does not always do a book good. It can create expectations that are truly hard for the author to...

    30 Jan 2016 8:27 PM IST

    Video, vagrant love and violent revengeBooks
    Video, vagrant love and violent revenge

    The only way to make clear to you my confusion over Lady Lolita’s Lover by R.

    15 Nov 2015 2:13 AM IST

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