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Mirza Waheed’s extraordinary debut ‘The Collaborator’ reviewed by Piers Moore Ede

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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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An interview with Indian poet, dancer and novelist Tishani Doshi, author of the Pleasure Seekers

Indian poet and fiction star: Tishani Doshi

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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Which Indian travel guidebook ???

Top Ten Indian travel guidebooks

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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