India, July 20 -- Dear Reader, When I return home to Mumbai, my second-favourite thing is being reunited with my books. I wander through the different rooms, and through the morning my desk piles up ... Read More
India, July 13 -- Dear Reader, For months I resisted reading Caledonian Road. Never mind the rave reviews, the prizes it was picking up, and that it was plastered over the window displays of all of L... Read More
India, July 6 -- Dear Reader, The traffic ahead of us has stopped. It's been two hours since we left Manali, on our way to Dharamsala, but now we can go no further. Blocking the narrow mountain road ... Read More
India, June 29 -- Dear Reader, These days, I see AI writing everywhere-on LinkedIn, in text messages from colleagues, and even in substack newsletters. There's something about these polished pieces o... Read More
India, June 22 -- Dear Reader, On a Sunday morning at the Taj Mahal Tea House-a cozy Mumbai cafe known for its pakoras, chaat, and fine teas-we are just settling into a discussion of our book of the ... Read More
India, June 15 -- Dear Reader, The news of Frederick Forsyth's passing sends me upstairs to my grandfather's study. There, through the wood-panelled little room with its writer's leather-topped desk ... Read More
India, June 8 -- A civil rights lawyer by day, an author by night, Vaishnavi Patel constantly challenges the mainstream. Her first book gives us a contrarian version of the Ramayana-letting wicked ste... Read More
India, June 1 -- Dear Reader, These days I am either waiting for electricians or stonemasons or plumbers. Building a house in the mountains sounds romantic I know -but wait until you spend long momen... Read More
India, May 18 -- Dear Reader, This is my week of non-reading. I've been forced into literary rehab. As someone who spends all their free time between the pages of a book, this is pure torture. The o... Read More
India, May 10 -- Dear Reader, Amidst all the tense talks of war, I find a quiet spot. A blaze of blue and yellow before me is Zubeida Mahal. Beside me, the Parel Railway Colony. And in the distance,... Read More