'Liberal white men have had a difficult decade'

India, June 14 -- 1How did you conceive of Caledonian Road, and its wide cast of characters? I had been thinking about this book for a long time. I lived in Kings Cross in the 1990s, when I was in my ... Read More

Andrew O'Hagan: "Liberal white men have had a difficult decade"

India, June 13 -- How did you conceive the idea of writing Caledonian Road? Also, tell us about its wide cast of characters. I had been thinking about this book for a long time. I lived in Kings Cros... Read More

Review: The Diamond-Encrusted Rat Trap by Adil Jussawalla

India, June 7 -- Given its geohistory, Mumbai has attracted the attention of an outrageously large number of chroniclers. Even someone who has never been to the much-mythologised city can experience i... Read More

Of departed friends and other ghosts

India, June 7 -- Given the brevity of its geohistory, Mumbai has attracted the attention of an outrageously large number of chroniclers. Eighty-five-year-old Adil Jussawalla is one of the city's best-... Read More

Sheena Patel: "Now we even have narratives underneath narratives"

India, June 2 -- The unique ways in which you introduce your characters - 'I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am' or 'the man I want to be with' - not only centrali... Read More

'Everyone has to own their identity'

India, May 10 -- 1An art fair where you couldn't find a single work by women artists inspired you to create an Instagram page to showcase art by women, and enabled you to write The Story of Art Withou... Read More

Katy Hessel: "Everyone has to own their identity"

India, May 9 -- An art fair where you couldn't find a single work by women artists inspired you to create an Instagram page to showcase artworks by women and also enabled you to write The Story of Art... Read More

Abdulrazak Gurnah: "Silence can also be vocal"

India, April 26 -- In your novel, By the Sea, there's this fragment, "it seems as if one life has ended and I am now living another one". In the context of your Nobel win, does it seem like a new begi... Read More

Silence can also be vocal: Abdulrazak Gurnah

India, April 26 -- In your novel, By the Sea, there's this fragment: "It seems as if one life has ended and I am now living another one". Does this hold true in the context of your Nobel win? No, it ... Read More

Review: Hope; The Autobiography by Pope Francis

India, April 24 -- Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025. He was 88. In his Easter address, which... Read More

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