Open Road Review (ORR) is a brand new literary magazine in India. They’ll be publishing an online issue every three months, in three categories: short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. For the first issue of ORR, its editor, Kulpreet Yadav, invited me to contribute. One look at the guidelines (“literary work that is elegant and [...]
A small but satisfying award
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…for travel writing. For the past 10 years, I’ve been a member of www.IgoUgo.com, a part of Travelocity, and one of the world’s largest travel communities. On IgoUgo (which had started off as a partner for Rough Guides), I masquerade as phileasfogg. And no, I have no hope ever of going around the world in [...]
Body of Evidence: Notes from a Crime Fiction Conference
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It is tough being a writer of crime fiction in India. Especially if you happen to write in English. I have actually had other writers – of more ‘literary’ fiction, generally – look at me with faintly raised eyebrows, as if wondering if I’ll be able to respond intelligently, should they condescend to address a [...]
Some news, some reviews
¶No, I’m not vegetating somewhere. I am actually working on the fourth book in the Muzaffar Jang series (so, if you like the series, you’ll probably have guessed that the third book is already written). I’m also doing the occasional writing assignment, and some more offbeat but interesting stuff, also connected to Muzaffar Jang.