The Girl Child
On the cover of an Indian magazine are two children, a boy and a girl, twins, standing shyly near their mother. They are about 10 years old. The boy is taller a
Chitra Parayath
Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan
MAXIMUM CITY: BOMBAY LOST AND FOUND by Suketu Mehta. Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover, 560 pages. $27.95. www.aaknopf.com Bombay is the future of urban civilization o
Instances of Disorder
There it was again, the fluttering in my stomach, the ache in my throat, the sudden dryness in my mouth. Count to ten, I tell myself, one, two, three, four …
Eclectic Anthology
WHERE THE RAIN IS BORN: WRITINGS ABOUT KERALA edited by Anita Nair. Penguin India. Paperback. 315 pages. When the sage Parasurama threw his battleaxe into the s
The Party’s Right Here!
WHERE’S THE PARTY YAAR? Director: Benny Mathews. Players: Kal Penn, Sunil Malhotra, Serena Varghese, Tina Cherian. 98 min. Rating: R. Theatrical release. Even
By Any Other Name
THE NAMESAKE. By Jhumpa Lahiri. Houghton Mifflin Company. Hardcover, 304 pages. $24. Audiobook read by Sarita Chowdhury. Random House Audio. 10 hrs. 9 min., 6 c
Life and Times
First published on October 27, 2003 There’s a stain on the ceiling; there are so many, but this one looks like a splatter of something maroon, a liquid or sem
The Spice of Life
"Nature was indeed at her artistic best when she created the nutmeg, a delight to the eye in all its avatars, from the completely garbed to nudity.” —Waverl
