The Booker winner’s latest novel takes the reader back to the time of the Vijayanagara Empire
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Canteen was essentially a humble affair. Cafeteria came into the picture when India was forced by circumstances to believe that control economy had not served it well and finally cafes entered the market when 'space' suddenly became central to the existence of people.
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In 2023, the author’s Sharvan Nana has turned 100 and is in bed. His stories of cricket, Pakistan, and Ganges have also aged with him. He hopes he would recognise him and yearns for a story of pandubbis of Ganges, which he had first listened to as a child.
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'I was grateful to her for giving shelter to my migrant. I wished the lockdown would be lifted as early as possible so that people of fortitude like Ram-aashray and Fatima might pick up the threads of their lives...' Here is a story to that hope.
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The writer’s tongue-in-cheek phrasing explores the world of late 70s Puraini village, Total Revolution, the purity of the milk sold by 'dhoti'-clad milk sellers, the opening of a new star hotel, and the usual patronage of a North Indian village.
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Such is the terror of Monday. Monday is the ultimate revenge upon Friday in the case of the more fortunate ones and upon Saturday in the case of those condemned to do a six-day drudgery week after week.
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A letter to boxing prodigy Nikhat Zareen acknowledges the efforts of her father and offers words of advice on the way forward
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For the student from the Hindi heartland, the civil services remain the peak of redemption from their mundane existence, and life away from home in Delhi preparing for the exams to their transition to adulthood.
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Priyanka Gandhi won’t have it easy as getting Congress into the BJP-vs-SP-BSP contest would take a turnaround in eastern UP, her party’s weakest field
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CSDS Director's diary on flying with The Maharaja from Delhi to Bangkok.
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