The novel is composed of several vignettes of life in Calcutta, strung together through the experiences of Somnath who is young, from the middle class, and unemployed.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, December 6, 2009 2:03 IST
Much of his commitment to the language and its literary culture comes through in his short but cogent introduction to the anthology.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, November 1, 2009 2:47 IST
Media reports of critic and academic Meenakshi Mukherjee’s sudden death have put the seal on what was initially difficult to believe.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:59 IST
Acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s first collection of stories is replete with the ambience of those cafés and public squares where tourists and escapists spend long lazy hours.
Section: Lifestyle | Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:32 IST
Slumdog Millionaire ignores Mumbai’s complexity, making it difficult to believe.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, January 10, 2009 21:38 IST
From the ancient representations of same-sex love (Vyas’s Mahabharata) to modern day portrayals (Deepa Mehta’s Fire), this book traverses a wide ground and includes many voices
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, December 7, 2008 3:33 IST
To my generation, the presence of the Beats in India had long been confined to two references.
Section: Lifestyle | Saturday, August 16, 2008 23:28 IST
Amitav Ghosh’s ambitious mélange of characters, themes, adventures and locales is an unlikely formula for success and the willing suspension of disbelief.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:32 IST
In a media report on Vijay Tendulkar’s demise, a close associate was quoted as saying that he had not wanted any publicity in death, and no formal rituals.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, May 25, 2008 3:57 IST
Within the boundaries of the unreal, her protagonist battles the forces of evil and his own adolescent emotional and sexual angst.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 22:37 IST
