Smells

So we’re spending the weekend in Cambridge, the missus and I. Our agenda for the weekend is one big, refreshing, rejuvenating void. We intend to breakfast gloriously every morning at our b&b, and then ensconce ourself in one of this wonderful university town’s many cafes. Where we will read and write and talk and…

Housekeeping notice

1. I got really bored of the old blog.

2. I getting too old to code and tweak CSS and engage in other such youthful activities. (Since October my nasal hair is out of control. And some nights I cry myself to sleep thinking of the ‘ear-hair’ gene that runs through my…

The text on the back cover of the next book

The Sceptical Patriot: Exploring the Truths behind the Zero and Other Indian Glories

There is really no such thing, ethnically speaking, as an Indian. We are all, every…

A New Republic — Episode 8: Dyarchy

February is “come and say hello” month.

In case you are in Chennai or Goa later this month do drop in and say hello.

I will be talking about popular fiction at a panel discussion in Chennai during the Hindu Lit For Life event on the 17th.

A New Republic — Episode 7: A Colony Betrayed

In this episode we talk about the state of affairs in India after the First World War. Things are pretty grim. And all of India’s hopes of freedom and self-government are dashed. But the nationalist movement is more unified. So all is not lost. Sigh.