Two for one, three for two: no noun without an adjective, never a single adjective where two or more will do. Silence is “utter”, hatred “raw and naked”, puddles “brown, murky and stagnant”. The quirkiest of all appendages in this novel is the heroine’s nose: not only “long, straight” but also “impervious”. That misplaced “v”… Continue reading Love, death and adjectives in Mumbai
Category: Books
The Space Between Us;
A new novel by Thrity Umrigar; WHEN was it that you last thought of your household help as human? More importantly in a crunch who would you trust — the help or your own family? Sera Dubash, a Parsi housewife, is bound to her home and hearth and her only daughter Dinaz and her son-in-law… Continue reading The Space Between Us;
Parsi History: Objective documentation or hagiography?
Enduring Legacy: Parsis of the 20th Century Edited and published by Nawaz B. Mody 4 volumes Pages: 1,168 In my early years at school, I was frequently embarrassed by the clannish appeals of my Parsi friends. This was not a Parsi school, but a fine Jesuit institution with a thoroughly cosmopolitan mix of boys. Yet,… Continue reading Parsi History: Objective documentation or hagiography?
Labour of love
This book has a little bit for everybody. City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin, Rs.395. AN anthology is like a Jack of all Trades — it has a little bit for everybody, but ends up being master of none. That being said, City of Sin and Splendour is… Continue reading Labour of love
Author plans holiday home for street kids
Delhi Newsline – Delhi,India New Delhi, November 30: As a seven-year-old Indian migrant in London, Zerbanoo would sell tiny flags outside a hotel run by her Parsi parents. …
A fine Balance: Theater
London’s Tamasha theatre will unveil its long anticipated adaptation of the Rohinton Mistry novel A Fine Balance in January next year. The highly acclaimed novel, which was published in 1995 and described by the Guardian as “a masterpiece of illumination and grace” will be on stage for the first time. The book is set in… Continue reading A fine Balance: Theater
K. F. Rustamji: I was Nehru’s shadow.
Book on police icon who protected a national icon released among distinguished gathering of policemen last evening.
The Possibility Of An Island: Book Review
If you’re not familiar with the name, Michel Houellebecq is the French novelist, now living in Ireland, who invited the ire of Islamists with his novel Platform in 2001, and whose work is peppered with comments such as: “The dream of all men is to meet little sluts who are innocent but ready for all… Continue reading The Possibility Of An Island: Book Review
Writing is the music in the background of my life
Writing is the music in the background of my life – III Julie Rajan has an intimate chat with Pakistani, Parsi writer Bapsi Sidhwa on life, words and all the cracks in-between Why do you think it is so? I mean, by comparison, we do not think of the Partition as so evil and terrible… Continue reading Writing is the music in the background of my life
