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A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Anita Mathias — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:17:00 +0000

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryWell, I have finished this gargantuan novel, and I must admit that I wish I had not embarked on it. It made me sad.A Fine Balance is the story of four unlikely intertwined lives in Bombay. There’s Dina, a Parsee lady whose doting father dies, leaving her at the mercy […]

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THE BLUE BEDSPREAD by RAJ KAMAL JHA

Anita Mathias — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:16:00 +0000

THE BLUE BEDSPREAD by RAJ KAMAL JHAA very quick read, in an experimental minimalist style, mining the territory opened up by Arundhati Roy–incest and familial sexual abuse. Do these things really happen in India? I remember the shock I felt as an 18 year old when a maid working for one of the leading and […]

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The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

Anita Mathias — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:18:00 +0000

The Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshAn old-fashioned, multi-generational novel, it tells a story, as E.M. Forster tiredly remarked. Oh yes, it tells a story.The story is set in Burma, around the time the British ruthlessly conquered it, sending the Royal Family into exile in India. A new breed of Indian entrepreneurs flooded Burma, making fortunes […]

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