‘Queen to Play’
Amitav GhoshI am interested in chess as a reader, not as a player. I was ever a sot for words and who can resist phrases like: ‘Nimzo-Indian Defence’, ‘Poisoned…
A list for Sanjay Persaud: some suggested readings on the Indian indenture
Dear Sanjay Persaud, You may remember that we had a brief talk after my reading at 'Politics and Prose' in Washington DC on Sept 27 (that was when…
A link to Commissioner Lin
The best thing about book readings is that they sometimes lead to meetings with people one would never encounter otherwise. Last night I was reading from River of…
A film-viewing ‘commons’?
Anupam Barvé, who recently acquired the film option for The Shadow Lines (see my post of Oct 15) wrote to me today to say that he and his…
Diwali!
The nicest Diwali card I got today was from an Englishman - Mike Bryan, who was head of Penguin India and is now head of Penguin Canada. Here it…
Occupy Ottawa! Oct 24
"Occupy Ottawa gathers in peace and solidarity with Occupy Wall St. and the 99%, to reclaim our planet from the unfettered capitalist corporate oligarchy that…
Letter from a doctor
Dear Amitav Sir, I hope this letter finds you well as it leaves me at present. I am a young Pediatrician from Kolkata and an avid…
Following the Calcutta Chromosome
Katrine Brondstedt, a teacher from Denmark, introduced herself to me after a reading in Austin Texas. She said The Calcutta Chromosome had made such an…
Occupy Austin! Oct 22, 2011
City Hall Austin Texas The Occupation one wellspring…
Occupy San Francisco, October 20
Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, opposite the Ferry Building 'We need - Affordable Housing - Rent Stabilization - No More Slum Lords…