His firm but unpretentious belief that truthful journalism is its own reward saved Outlook from becoming yet another mouthpiece of a self-serving elite
Patrick French's armchair exercise parrots the rosy Western view of India, shunning rigour and ignoring depth for shallow deftness. His 'portrait' is a catalogue of absences.
I found myself reading a great deal of short fiction this year, preferring its brisk epiphanies to the slow satisfactions of long, intricately structured novels
Outlook asked an eminent panel of writers and critics to come up with their choice of the best books of 2009 across different categories. Here’s their take.
