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Month: April 2009

Joy, unadulterated

August 26, 2009 by Surya

I want to climb on a rooftop and shout to the world I want to call you all, one by one, and talk and talk I want to just jump up and down, and down again Till I have to no more voice and no more breath. I want to keep smiling till my cheeks …

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Vishu the harvest festival

April 14, 2009 by Surya

Vishu, the harvest festival, the beginning of a brand new year. Konna, the beautiful yellow flowers that adorn every garden and every house. Kani – a platter  arranged with utmost care the previous night so it would be the first thing you see in the morning. Waking up to start the new year with gods …

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Ben Okri

April 15, 2009 by Surya

  Ben Okri, the booker prize winning author, was one of the panelists at the Oxford Lit Fest last weekend. And that’s what he autographed for me. Me like..:-) Funny thing was, he wanted the book. Apparently, he had never seen this edition of his own book. Think it was bought in South Africa, and …

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Short story collections of 2009

April 4, 2009 by Surya

James Lasdun at the Guardian has a wonderful piece on the short story as an art form and reviews some of the best collections of 2009: “…it raises the question of whether there is any special quality, aside from length, that distinguishes the short story from other literary forms, and if so to what extent …

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