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Books and Authors

Hindu religious classics remade for modern world
South China Morning Post, February 2012
Q and A with Booker nominated author Jeet Thayil
South China Morning Post, October 2012
We need to talk about Lionel
Elle, May 2012
Are some children's classics unsuitable for kids?
Guardian Unlimited, July 23, 2009
Reading in India
Guardian Unlimited, August 15, 2007
She's All Write: Profile of Kiran Desai
South China Morning Post, March 2007 ( not available online)
Making Hay in Mumbai
Guardian Unlimited, February 2007
Harry Potter with Samosas (doc format)
South China Morning Post, February 2007
Indian children’s writing comes of age
Science Friction (pdf format)
South China Morning Post, February 2006
Killer Queen (pdf format)
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2005
Crime Novelist Minette Walters discusses her latest novel
The Dahl House
Business Standard, November 2005
A new museum celebrates the life of Roald Dahl
Ordinary Wonders
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2005
Vikram Seth describes his latest book
In the name of the father
Business Standard
John Irving talks about his new book, and his traumatic childhood
A Twist in the Tale
South China Morning Post
Penguin India CEO talks about his debut novel, February 2002
Pulp Faction
South China Morning Post, April 1999
A new breed of Indian writer emerges
Mailer looks back in anger
South China Morning Post, November 1998
A meeting with Norman Mailer

Current Affairs

Saving Sonali: Acid attack victim lands on India's hottest game show.
Marie Claire, April 2013
Every woman in India is likely to have experienced some sexual harassment
The Independent, December 2012
An Indian village ban on mobile phones for women? It's like trying to ban eating
The Guardian, December 2012
The Problems With Policing Sexism on Twitter
The Atlantic, November 2012
Rohini Nilekani pours her wealth into getting books to India's poorest children
The Christian Science Monitor, October 2012
India must scrap its repressive sedition laws
The Guardian, September 2012
Would you eat in a McDonald's vegetarian restaurant?
The Guardian, September 2012
India Relies on 'Two-Finger' Test to Verify Rape
Womens eNews, October 2010
Migrant Labourers in Mumbai - Out of the Rubble
Developments, September 2010
A Family's Race For A Cure
The Guardian Weekly, February 2010
Advice for visitors to Mumbai
International Herald Tribune, Nov 29, 2008
My son saved 150
Sunday People, Nov28, 2008
Indian Docs Worry Emergency-Contraception Misused
WeNews, 10/16/08
Acid Test for Indian Society
Guardian Weekly, Jul 29, 2008
Fighting corruption in India.
Guardian Weekly, Jan 17, 2008
Need to know: India's RTI act is helping people wrest back power from bureaucrats
Developments, October 2007
Are you a baby bore?"
Mint, July 21, 2007
Eveteasing makes India's streets mean for women
WomensEnews, December 2006
Upping the stakes in Goa
Overseas, December 2006
Somewhere to call home (pdf format)
South China Morning Post, November 2006
Missing daughters of India
Womensenews, May 2006
Britain debates outlawing forced marriages
WomensEnews, October 23 2005
Britain may prosecute parents who force their children into marriage
Inside the Brave new Blair world
Tehelka, July 30, 2005
7/7 and the new religious hatred bill
At the Food Bank
Far Eastern Economic Review, January 2003
How Tokyo helps its homeless
The Torment of the Flesh Trade
Asiaweek July 1999
A Bangladeshi photographer documents the flesh trade
The Schooling Crunch
Asiaweek June 1999
The Asian financial crisis hits children hard

Expatriate Life

Keeping up with the Kapoors
Little India, May 2005
An overseas Indian struggles to keep up with the new India
Godzilla versus the Tokyo supermums
Expat Telegraph, March 29, 2005
The perils of bringing up children in Tokyo
Tips for starting an expatriate book club
Expat Telegraph, Nov 10, 2003
How book clubs changed my life
An endless shake, rattle and roll
Expat Telegraph, July 21, 2003
Coping with Tokyo’s earthquakes
Garbage in, Garbage out
Expat Telegraph Dec 30, 2002
Throwing out the trash in Tokyo is never as simple as it seems

Education

Academic survival in India
Guardian Abroad, June 08, 2007
A struggle to get an Indian education
Never too late to read
South China Morning Post, June 2006
Subtlety at play in Toyland
South China Morning Post, October 2001
How to pick the right toy for your child
Child’s play a serious science
South China Morning Post, July 2001
How to pick the right playgroup for your child

Health

Survival of the Fittest
Asiaweek, August 1999
Asian hospitals fight it out for survival
Testing issues
Asiaweek, May 1999
A new Aids vaccine is tested in Thailand
New air for a new age
Asiaweek, July 1998
Oxygen bars in Hong Kong