Dalrymple Lives in The Land of The Last Mughal

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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Best of Booker

Salman Rushdie and Arunadhati Roy are competing with Yann Martel for The Best of the Booker. Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is neck to neck in the race with The Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Rushdie won in 1981 and Martel in 2002. The Life of Pi is a fable of survival after a shipwreck (2002) [...]

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Coward

“I will drive you to the airport.”
Rohit was staring at the thin skin formed over his cold cup of tea. He looked up, a bit startled.
“I will drive you to the airport.” Puja repeated across the breakfast table.
He nudged the cup a bit further away. “I will take a cab. It is better that way.”
There [...]

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