A Rich Tapestry
SMELL by Radhika Jha. Publisher: Viking Penguin (India). 1999. Hardcopy, 290 pages. Also published by Soho Press in Jun 2001. $24. Smell, Radhika Jha’s first
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Indian Chic is Causing Angst
The Miss Universe contest this year will no doubt bring a new bout of anxiety in the Indian press. When Bill Gates declared India to be a technological superpow
The Divine Reed
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Tenuous Relations
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Mongrels at the Drive-Thru
It's a question I hear in India all the time. "Oh, you lived in the U.S.?" someone will ask. "Must have faced a lot of racism, eh?" And I have to say no, becaus
Dream from Ettayapuram
Venkatesh is doing well now that he is out of the hospital. The burns were only minor and can barely be seen, except on his thigh where the acid spilled. He is
Buy a Bindi – or Boycott?
First Published on June 19, 2001 On the outskirts of New Delhi, inside an anonymous concrete building and up a narrow stairway, Fauzia, 8, is making bindis. Doz
Universal Enigma
ANITA’S LEGACY: An Enquiry into First Cause by Gurpur M. Prabhu. 2000. Viresh Publications. Paperback. $13.95. A book like this may evoke two kinds of respons
Calcutta Modernist
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Season of Reflection
I should be delirious with happiness. Ecstatic, rapturous, elated, overjoyed. Thrilled, at the very least. Summer is before me, with her promise of evenings out
