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The Akhond has moved house... 3 May 2013 | 01:46 pm
...lock, stock and smoking barrels. All of Swat can be accessed at: http://nilanjanaroy.com, where the Akhond, Hurree Babu and N Roy live in peaceful coexistence.
Speaking Volumes: Emperors, apostates and absences 15 Aug 2012 | 02:06 pm
(Published in the Business Standard, August 14, 2012) The price Raja Rammohan Roy paid in the early 19th century for expressing his views on Hinduism and sati was not minor. His mother ostracized the...
All creatures great and small 8 Aug 2012 | 12:38 am
(This post was sparked by a story in The New York Times on the stray dog "menace" in India; and by reading Jai Arjun's post on human cruelty/ indifference towards animals.) Naming the problem: Stray ...
Shiny new website... 8 Jul 2012 | 05:26 pm
...over at nilanjanaroy.com. It is Kolynos Kleen, Kolynos Bright, Kolynos Super Sparkling White: go visit. Thank you :)
Sangam House residencies: last date July 31 7 Jul 2012 | 05:29 pm
The applications for the Sangam House Residencies for 2012/ 2013 are online. The last date to apply is July 31. I spent two weeks at their Tranquebar residency last year. It was a beautiful place, an...
Speaking Volumes: Fifty Shades of Gah 4 Jul 2012 | 06:34 pm
(Published in the Business Standard, June 2012) By the end of June, Fifty Shades of Grey had become such a runaway bestseller that EL James’ Sadism 101 manual had reached the most unexpected places. ...
Speaking Volumes: The Happiest Bloomsday Ever 4 Jul 2012 | 06:17 pm
(Published just after Bloomsday, in the Business Standard) The official menu for Bloomsday is not kind to vegetarians. To celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses in the manner of Leopold Bloom, start with th...
Speaking Volumes: Ray Bradbury, October Country 4 Jul 2012 | 05:56 pm
(Published in the Business Standard, a few days after Ray Bradbury's death.) In 1938, the pulp magazine Imagination! carried a story by a new and very young writer. Ray Bradbury, who died last week a...
Speaking Volumes: From Pondies to Weight Loss 5 Jun 2012 | 03:08 pm
(Published in the Business Standard, June 2012.) One of the perks of the reviewer’s job is that you will find deathless prose in the most unexpected places, even when it arrives concealed as, say, a ...
Speaking Volumes: "The Babu's style is clear and good" 5 Jun 2012 | 02:52 pm
(Published in the Business Standard, May 26, 2012. Happy Revolting Season.) The Revolt of 1857 broke out on “a stiflingly hot Sunday” in May, as Christopher Hibbert writes. Summer was Mutiny season, ...
