Was on an NDTV show, We the People, a couple of weeks ago. It was about Twitter. Much fun. The video is here.
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The King Kong game
Posted on August 4, 2009 by Samit Basu
…made a brief but glorious comeback last evening. First played one evening in late 2004 by myself, Rana Dasgupta, Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta and Sayoni Basu, this game involves the identification and classification of great apes through sets of two cunning clues. Two classic examples: What do you call a green-transport-using great ape of ambivalent [...]
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My adventures in Indian publishing
Posted on June 13, 2009 by Samit Basu
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In case you have so much work your ears are bubbling
Posted on February 20, 2008 by Samit Basu
…here’s some stuff to distract you and make things worse. Alan Moore (God) on porn. Kassia Kroszer on the future of publishing via The Mumpsimus. Yes, I know how you feel.
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3/3
Posted on January 7, 2008 by Samit Basu
Pleased to report that the Deccan Herald had The Unwaba Revelations at #2 on its fiction bestseller list today. I know bestseller lists in India mean next to nothing because the total numbers are so low and the bookstores sampled often don’t reveal any kind of overall trend – Simoqin and Manticore both made their [...]
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Happy New Year
Posted on January 2, 2008 by Samit Basu
I had an incredible start to the year, and hope you did too. Here’s wishing you and yours the very best.
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Official Welcome Message
Posted on May 12, 2007 by Samit Basu
Thank for your trouble. Good of you to join us. And now, stand for anthem.
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Lost twin
Posted on March 1, 2007 by Samit Basu
Somehow, I knew this day would come. They got the age a bit wrong, though.
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The Naked Truth
Posted on February 14, 2007 by Samit Basu
Well into book, should finish by March. Yes, I know I promised February, but that won’t happen. Even finishing by March involves a hell of a lot of all-nighters; I am old now and I write slowly. What to do.Thanks everyone who’s written in urging me to get on with it; you are not, repeat [...]
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