Istanbul and Indian Soldiers of the First World War
Given how little thought India’s contribution to the World Wars gets in our collective historical memory, it is almost strange to think that in…
Given how little thought India’s contribution to the World Wars gets in our collective historical memory, it is almost strange to think that in…
On a recent visit to London I was pleasantly surprised to find that my lodgings, …
At Euston Station …
British Library, 9.25 a.m., May 16. The library will open in 5 minutes but no one wants…
in Italy by Alessandro Vescovi (Le Lettere, Florence, 2011) Alessandro tells me…
'Occupy Art' might be the name by which the Arte Povera movement would be known had it been launched in this decade instead of the 1960s. Despite the…
From Shernaz Italia, a curious tale of 'connectedness', taken from: 'Stansberry’s Investment Advisory,' November 2011. The article is titled 'America’s Oil Boom'. 'Robert Nobel (Sir Alfred…
Dear Amitav, I’d been planning to write a letter to you for quite a while but either I was being too lazy or…
On the cover of the New York Times Magazine this weekend was a question, printed in large type: ‘Are the Rich Worth a Damn?’ What does ‘damn’ mean here?…
From Singapore Chitra Sankaran writes: 'I wanted to let you know that the edited volume on your novels entitled History, Narrative and Testimony in Amitav Ghosh's Fiction is finally…