Jaipur Literature Festival 2014
Day 2 The biggest perk of my job in Kathmandu so far has been a last-minute trip accompanying my boss to the 2014 Jaipur Literature
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The Last Wave: An Island Novel, by Pankaj Sekhsaria
Pankaj Sekhsaria’s debut novel, The Last Wave: An Island Novel is fascinating for the way it depicts a part of India often ignored in literature:
The Water People, by Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson’s The Water People is the story of childhood friends, Chris and Jimmy, who set off into the Indian Himalaya partly for the adventure
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo
It was Ramachandra Guha’s endorsement on the front of the Indian version of this book that drew my attention to it: “The best book about
Jaipur Literature Festival 2013
Day 1 The 6th annual Jaipur Literature Festival got off to a cracking start today, and I left this evening feeling very inspired, as I
Kolkata Book Fair 2013
On this unpleasantly overcast day I made my way out to the 33rd annual Kolkata Book Fair. And remembered why the Delhi metro has been
Stupid Guy Goes to India, by Yukichi Yamamatsu
As I’m fairly intimate with both Japan (having lived there for nineteen months some years ago) and India (numerous research trips and travels), the clashing
Dreaming in Hindi, by Katherine Russel Rich
I picked up this book after a rather long hiatus from my own Hindi learning, feeling the need to get back into it and wanting
Curfewed Night: A Memoir of War in Kashmir, by Basharat Peer
Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night is a moving memoir of an ordinary, middle-class, Muslim Kashmiri who has witnessed the destruction of his homeland. Writing on and
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