Set in the early 1990’s, The Collaborator tells the tale of a boy growing up during the darkest times of the Kashmir conflict. Tired of oppression by the Indian army, and lured by the seeming heroism of the freedom fighters, the village’s young men flee, one by one, across the border into Pakistan. Left...
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Piers Moore Ede interviews Tishani Doshi about her new book. Q: You’re best known as a poet. How did the transition to writing novels come about? TD: I’m not sure when I got hold of this notion that I should write a novel. Poetry, for me, remains the central and primary instinct, but I...
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As the New Year has turned and 2012 is upon us many wait in anticipation for what this much discussed year will bring. Looking forward into our diaries how many of you out there are already wondering where you want to be for the 21st Dec 2012? For those of you slightly in the...
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Oh there are so many, and they all look great, and some have pretty pictures, and they all seem to know what they’re talking about, so I really can’t decide, should I just go with the cheapest, or the most expensive, or the one printed on recycled paper, or the bestselling one, or should...
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Nutrionist and chef Gurpareet Bains is all over the review pages right now with his recipe book Indian Superfood. Packed with glowing endorsements from the likes of Dame Vivenne Westood and Sanjeev Bhaskar, to name a few, we had high hopes for this book. That someone should recognise the amazing nutritional diversity of Indian...
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Forty years after his novel Troubles was first published, Anglo-Irish author J G Farell has posthumously been awarded the “lost” Booker Prize, devised to honour the books published in 1970, but not considered for the prize when its rules were changed. Widely regarded as one of the most talented writers of his generation, Farrell...
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Conflict in Kashmir Justine Hardy – In the Valley of the Mist, Victoria Schofield – Kashmir in Conflict, Basharat Peer – Curfewed Night, with Kamila Shamsie Tuesday 25 May, 2010 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM Location: Asia House Asia House Festival of Asian Literature Doors 6.15pm Once South Asia’s greatest tourist draw, Kashmir has...
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Thursday 27 May, 2010 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM Location: Asia House Asia House Festival of Asian Literature Closing Night Doors 6.15pm Nine people, nine lives – each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple explores how traditional forms of religious life in South Asia have been transformed in the region’s rapid change. A distillation...
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