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The Shape Of The Beast

Posted in Activities, Books and Literature, Cultural, General, News and Views, Observation, Writing, tagged Arundhati Roy, Bandit Queen, Book Relase, Books, God of Small Things, India, Massey Sahib, News, Politics, The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations wit, The Shape of the Beast on 28 April 2008 | 6 Comments »

Eleven years after she won the Booker Prize for The God of Small Things, 14 conversations (2001-2008 ) with Roy on her social and political activism appear in a new book The Shape of the Beast.
Even before The God of Small Things hit the world of fame, this female Rushdie of India attracted lot [...]

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Dalrymple Lives in The Land of The Last Mughal

Posted in Books and Literature, Cultural, Delhi, Indian History, Interesting, News and Views, Society, Travel, Writing, tagged Author, British School, City of Djinns, Fiction, India, Jaunapur, Mother Teresa, Olivia, The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple on 31 March 2008 | 5 Comments »

William Dalrymple’s love for India is not unknown. He has penned six books, of which five have embraced Indian life as their storyline and have been award winning. India has sewn itself into his life since long now with him spending a lot of time in New Delhi India apart from London and Edinburgh.
However, [...]

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