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INTERFACE
IN THE NEWS Not a fairytale end A look at the plagiarism controversy surrounding Kaavya Viswanathan's sensational debut.
IN CONVERSATION Artistic voice of dissent Writer and artist Prafulla Mohanti on his life, art, and his heart that still lives in the village. FACE TO FACE A poet even in prose Sheen Kauf Nizam believes that genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Dialogues across timeThe Complete Dramatic Works, Samuel Beckett, Penguin India, £12.99 (Krapp first written in 1958). Other Works Consulted: Beckett, A. Alvarez, in Fontana Modern Masters Series. Beckett, Faber Critical ... 
First ImpressionsSANJAY SURI'S book is a huge dose of nostalgia. It transports one back to Britain in the late 1970s — a massive Indian population stuck in a time warp, as if the needles on their clocks stopped the minute they landed in this alien country, ... SECOND THOUGHTS 
Give me your secondsIN the 1960s, Dehra Dun's Paltan Bazaar was as throbbing a slice of life as one could ever wish for. Cycling downhill from the clock tower, a schoolboy could weave nonchalantly through the crowd, past shops selling imitation Bata shoes, Tip-Top ... WORDSPEAK Echoes in language ENDPAPER Greenan's cheerful Gothica It is time for Russell H. Greenan to take his place as one of the most original and entertaining writers in genre fiction
Eternity in a frame The Match, Romesh Gunesekera, Bloomsbury, 2006, p.308, paperback, Rs. 495. THE MATCH begins, more or less, and ends with a cricket match. Two very different kinds of matches. Straddling the two is Sunny Fernando's ... LOOKING BACK Coming to terms with history This is a splendid book, a must-read for anyone interested in the Partition. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY World of intrigue and deception Powers explores the Cold War and Post-Cold War eras in Western history, the period of moles, spies and adversarial espionage. SHORT FICTION A different landscape The narrative probes how the past has impacted the Naga psyche. FICTION Love amidst strife This is a well-defined story with touches of beauty and pain. TRANSLATION Unflinching realist Yashpal's mission was the repudiation of backward elements in Indian society through stories. Inside the web Mir and Rana give an authentic and disturbing account of the nature of the Pakistani state. SHORT FICTION A cocktail of styles There are little stories within stories, sabotaging the narrative. FICTION Royal intrigues A racy murder mystery that also offers a peek into the lives of Indian royalty. LITERATURE Colonial encounters Sara Suleri's nuanced reading is indispensable for a proper and balanced understanding of post-coloniality. CRIME Murder on an island Despite minor changes, the novel is still vintage P.D. James. Scholarly take on films The Art of Cinema: An Insider's Journey Through 50 Years of Film History; B.D. Garga, Penguin India, Rs. 495. I HAVE been reading B.D. Garga ever since I can remember. One of my most respected colleagues, as writers on the cinema ... SPORT What ails Indian football? The growth and decline of football in India. |
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