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India is now a literary destination, says Indian Ambassador to US Navtej Sarna
While extolling the benefits of the growing interest in literature given, he said, “This is India’s 70th year of independence. We have...
Sep 18, 20172 min read
A Life of Adventure and Delight | Financial Times
Akhil Sharma only recently accepted, on purely political grounds, the mantle of an immigrant writer. His reluctance to get boxed in,...
Sep 1, 20173 min read


Speak, Yesterday’s People
Alexievich’s visceral first-person accounts from the last days of the USSR are saturated with anger, longing and hope. Read full review...
Sep 26, 20161 min read
Arundhati Ghose: Plucky, feisty and an unusual diplomat
Arundhati Ghose, who passed away on July 25, was the most unusual of diplomats. Plucky, feisty, forthright and hard-talking one moment,...
Jul 28, 20163 min read


India is a bright spot in a rather gloomy landscape
India-UK relations have reached a new high following India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to London last year, according to the...
May 5, 20167 min read
Guru Nanak: The Discipline of Deeds
Today's Incarnation is a poet who established one of the great world religions: Guru Nanak, the 15th century founder of Sikhism. Like the...
Feb 4, 20161 min read
Writing is my second life
Navtej Sarna, the newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to the UK, belongs to the crop of writers who have come to be known as the...
Jan 4, 20163 min read


Man of few words | Second Thoughts Interview
First thoughts on “Second Thoughts”: It is an engaging collection, one that rides on nostalgia. Often giving you the feel of a family...
Dec 23, 20154 min read
Of books and travels
He writes whenever he gets time. The next India's High Commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna makes notes amid his diplomatic trips. He...
Dec 21, 20153 min read
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