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IN CONVERSATION 
New Scottish voicesProf. Berthold Schoene, of Manchester Metropolitan University, on how self-rule has enabled Scottish literature to become something more than an expression of nationalism. INTERVIEW Exorcising Janaki Ameen Merchant on how creative writing for him is an exorcism of the past and a confrontation of reality… IN CONVERSATION Anecdotes from high places Arshad Sami Khan, ADC to three Pakistani Presidents, is the typical raconteur who has enough and more stories to share. A free-wheeling chat… FRANKLY SPEAKING Roots that sustain Africa is a huge presence in his fiction and poetry, says Alain Mabanckou, who hails from Congo Brazzaville.
TRIBUTE Profound and provocative Sujatha had a new take on everything in the Tamil world of letters.
CLASSICS REVISITED 
A bagful of memoriesThe Death of Artemio Cruz, Carlos Fuentes, Penguin Books, First published in English translation, 1964.The breaking up of time, the refusal to accept the singular concept of linear time which the West has been imposing ... BOOKWATCH 
Poster girl of kerala's NaxalismKerala’s Naxalbari: Memoirs of a young revolutionary, Ajitha, translated by Sanju Ramachandran, Srishti, Rs. 195.It may not be worth much but it is a testimony to Ajitha that a random Google search of just her name brings up ... BOOKWATCH 
Voices from across the borderVoices and Visions: Young Writers from Pakistan, edited by Norman Ohler and Amra Raza, Oxford University Press, Rs. 100.Here is a collection of short stories from Pakistan by a young crop of women writers who are not burdened by the ... BOOKWATCH 
Karl who?Great Mythconceptions, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, HarperCollins India, Rs. 250.In India, any mention of Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki will inevitably bring up the question “Karl Who?” as his homepage on Australian Broadcasting ... 
First ImpressionsA motley bunch of people thrown together in the most extreme situation. One is a seller of faith and hope, the other a musician and his young apprentice; then there is a magician, a storyteller, a heavily pregnant woman and finally a little girl, ... ENDPAPER An aesthetician’s ideology James Wood, unalienated from the creative instinct, offers us rare insights in How Fiction Works.
FICTION Landscapes of memory The Silent Raga is an authentic portrayal of the flavours of Tamil Brahmin culture. Re-imagining Scotland The volume attempts to rediscover what constitutes ‘Scottish’ identity. FICTION Can’t stop grinning e is an unapologetically lowbrow satire on the world of advertising. Inside virtual reality An intriguing though torturously wordy look at the netherworld of the Internet. VERSE Foreign affairs The lighter side of a diplomat’s life… and in verse, to boot. Wah Dilli! The portrait of a city where class distinctions are visible everywhere. FICTION 
Reversed narrativeWith Ahmad bin Madjid, the legendary pilot of the Indian Ocean as the narrator, this tale is the other side of the many narratives of the journey of the Portuguese into the Indian Ocean. GENDER Too predictable Selective in its reproduction of Islamic principles and personal laws, the book suffers from a perspective that has more passion than reason. Disappointing sign-off One of the pioneer novelists of Indian Writing in English, Kamala Markandaya’s posthumously published novel is not quite there. PERSPECTIVES Gained in translation An engaging study of the themes that constitute the hotly contested but booming field of translation studies. |
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