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Books and IdeasDecember 17, 2020
The Blinding Clarity of John Le Carré
His novels of imperial decline speak to a world that has remained at war since his youth.
Siddhartha Deb
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FictionJuly 14, 2020
J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile
In writing an allegory that is barely an allegory and a trilogy of novels that are often not novels, Coetzee appears to have made his own literary displacement total.
Siddhartha Deb
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HistorySeptember 16, 2014
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CultureJuly 12, 2011
The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India
Esther studied botany and biochemistry, and ended up serving Cokes to arms dealers in Delhi’s Hotel Shangri-La. She is a station holder, occupied and rootless. Welcome to India Shining.
Siddhartha Deb
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Non-fictionApril 28, 2010
The Idea of England
In the Falling Snow suggests that Caryl Phillips’s considerable talents have further calcified into a mannered style.
Siddhartha Deb
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FictionNovember 13, 2008
City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury
Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.
Siddhartha Deb
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Non-fictionMarch 8, 2007
The Spoils of Indian Democracy
Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Siddhartha Deb
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisDecember 9, 2004
Subcontinental Homesick Blues
Nearly twenty years ago, in a village in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, a young woman called Roop Kanwar was burned to death at her husband’s funeral pyre.
Siddhartha Deb