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`I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel'
JUST back from a quick trip to the Himachal hills, a news snippet about the reclusive poet and singer Leonard Cohen catches the eye. He...
Jun 4, 20064 min read
Give me your seconds
IN the 1960s, Dehra Dun's Paltan Bazaar was as throbbing a slice of life as one could ever wish for. Cycling downhill from the clock...
May 7, 20065 min read
Of roses and poets
FIFTEEN years ago, a friendly captain of an Air-India jumbo invited me into the cockpit during a flight back from Paris. It was a magical...
Apr 2, 20064 min read
The right way to write
VIKRAM CHANDRA is in the news these days for the mind-boggling advance that he has earned for his forthcoming novel Sacred Games. If the...
Mar 5, 20064 min read
Relationships exist in phases of incompleteness
Not too late in the day, at 45, Jalandhar-born Navtej Sarna joins the rank of celebrity first-time Indian English novelists with We...
Jul 6, 20034 min read
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