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The Golden Gate

Anuj wrote 2 weeks ago: The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth tells the story of some folks in California living their lives and re … more →

Tags: golden gate, Seth

nothing in my veins but hemoglobin

misconceptionoftheoyster wrote 2 weeks ago: “All You Who Sleep Tonight” Vikram Seth All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you … more →

Tags: Art, Ruth St. Denis, ted shawn, J.E. BULLOZ, Terry Pratchett, Suicide

An Equal Music by Vikram Seth7 comments

sharonrob wrote 2 weeks ago: I first read An Equal Music about ten years ago and loved it. A few years later, I finally got round … more →

Tags: Entries by Sharon, Fiction: 19th century, Fiction & Literary, Classical Music, London, Rochdale, String Quartet, Tononi

Coming up on Vulpes Libris1 comment

kirstyjane wrote 3 weeks ago: As Vulpes Libris heads into December, we’re all about great stories for an evening by the fire … more →

Tags: Soviet Film, J. Meade Falkner, quincunx, Bookselling

Remembering Songpan

BiancaZAR wrote 2 months ago: I don’t remember when I first started dreaming of Tibet. It might have been on one of the Friday aft … more →

Tags: sichuan province, Songpan, China, tibet, Heinrich Harrer, potala palace, Tintin

Interpretation3 comments

chinimanjunath wrote 3 months ago: This is one of my favourite poems, ever. Seth is such a beautiful writer of both prose and poetry. S … more →

Tags: Poetry

Granny Savidge Reads35 comments

savidgereads wrote 4 months ago: So Granny Savidge Reads (who it would appear is very popular and indeed in demand on this blog) has … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Carey, Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, William Trevor, david gutterson, John Updike

Remembering August 6th8 comments

Shivya wrote 4 months ago: Today marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and continues to send shivers down t … more →

Tags: Inspirational, World, India, Miscellaneous, Informational, News, Life, People, Thoughts

Write lines4 comments

prempanicker wrote 4 months ago: A magazine section to produce for India Abroad; an interview to write up for Rediff — and a Bh … more →

Tags: arts & letters, writing, interviews, Literature

A SUITABLE BOY BY VIKRAM SETH(BOOK REVIEW)16 comments

vishesh unni raghunathan wrote 5 months ago: Image from here. Well I guess I know where our mega serials got their inspiration from This is one o … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Thinking, A Suitable Boy, A SUITABLE BOY BY VIKRAM SETH(BOOK REVIEW), All, Book Review, Random

The good books

phillipkay wrote 5 months ago: Personal culture is, well, personal, so a list of writers who have been most important to me in my 5 … more →

Tags: Lists, Simenon, Olaf Stapledon, Eça de Queirós, Tanizaki, Murakami, murasaki~, Cervantes, Dostoevsky

A Suitable Girl7 comments

charlotteotter wrote 5 months ago: I’ve just read in the Independent Online that Vikram Seth is busy writing the sequel to his gi … more →

Tags: Books, writing, A Suitable Boy, A Suitable Girl

India's Legal Leap Towards Equality

SKJ wrote 5 months ago: In a historic moment for India’s equality movement, and in particular its Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Trans … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Legal, India, Equality, Gay Rights, Legal, Anti-discrimination, Delhi High Court

Poem for June 20th4 comments

karthikshekhar wrote 6 months ago: All You who Sleep Tonight All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or r … more →

Tags: General, Friends, Poetry, sleep

Can you say, "Brilliant, creative over-achiever?!?"2 comments

donnajgamache wrote 6 months ago: This post today from “The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor” just left me spe … more →

Tags: Success Stories, News of a Personal Nature, writer's almanac, Garrison Keiller, Calcutta, India, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Northern California

Black and white and read all over

Librarian wrote 7 months ago: PANKAJA SRINIVASAN Holidays are the best time to catch up on your reading. Here are some Indian auth … more →

Tags: snippets, Reading, Satyajit Ray

The poet Vikram Seth4 comments

ghazala wrote 8 months ago: Another discovery! Vikram Seth- the poet… sensitive, witty, employing new metaphors, weaving p … more →

Tags: Literature, Personal, Poetry, feminist poetry, love poetry, Research, statistics

Shaking Tail Feathers

smileandwaveboys wrote 8 months ago: 1.  Like A Duck To Water 2.  Proud As A Peacock 3.  Eggs 4am. Son 2 aged 19m woke screaming.  I went … more →

Tags: Saturday, Nanna, Swimming, Humpty Dumpty, Early waking, Garden, Parenting, Children, Family

Suitable Boys

smileandwaveboys wrote 8 months ago: 1.  Words 2.  Pictures 3.  Action I woke at 4am and couldn’t go back to sleep.  At 5am I went downst … more →

Tags: Wednesday, A Suitable Boy, balloons, bathing together, BMX, Book Club, Childhood, Children, dvds


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