Tabish Khair

Questions the Nemade-Rushdie spat raises

Modiji, a peaceful, prosperous India must be inclusive; force has its limits and its dangers; and capital has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight

Kureishi's art stands renewed in this novel, and his language retains its vigour

Diaz is skilful to say the least: electrifying idiom, convincing characters, dark humour, and a nuanced and thrilling narrative.

A volume that will touch you in different ways. But do not open it if you are either prudish or prurient.

Give me a novel—like this one—with something to say, rather than a novel that says precious nothing with fashionable smoothness

A love story set on a lavish scale, it is a visual delight and a gripping read.

V.S. Naipaul has called Taseer "a young writer to watch." I am relieved to find something said by Naipaul recently that I can endorse again, fully

In piquant, masala-encrusted England, a British-Pakistani meets an explosive ideal

One has difficulty choosing between books that are interesting but add nothing to what is already general knowledge, and books that make you think anew...

You can be professional about writing, but you cannot make writing a profession