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Samit Basu

Novelist. Also making text-based lifeforms in various other media, across genres. Up next, The Pictures of Darpan Ray, HarperCollins India
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Events

Bombay 13 January – 7 pm – Crossword, Kemp’s corner – in conversation with Sonia Faleiro Hyderabad – 18 Jan – Odyssey, Amrutha Hills, Panjagutta – 7 pm Chennai – 19 Jan – Odyssey, Dev Regency, 6, First Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar – 7 pm Bangalore – 20 jan – Landmark, The Forum, 21 … Continue reading →

Weird news 2005: HT

Another year ends, and as usual, everyone is depressed, or drunk, or both. And those who aren’t still idealistic enough to make New Year resolutions lists are busy making Last Year recollections lists. While 2005 has been a particularly sad year, full of calamities natural and man-made, there’s always room for both hope and happy … Continue reading →

Extract

The good folks at the Indian Express, Mumbai, have carried a short extract from The Manticore’s secret here.

Happy New Year

to all of you. Keep smiling, and keep reading, says Rana in the HT.

Muhahaha

or Bwahaha if you’re a Dilbert fan

Hanging

For those who’ve been asking, I havent stopped writing the Telegraph column…as in, Im raring to go, but they dont want me right now, because they have all these nice ads coming in. So I will be back at some point, I think. I have to say Im quite enjoying the break, though now I … Continue reading →

Capital Letters: Outlook City Limits

this was for the Capital Letters section in Outlook City Limits’ new issue In A Dream of a Thousand Cats, Neil Gaiman wrote that cats ruled the worlds before humans did, and could dream themselves back into power – if only a thousand cats could dream of the same world at the same time. Cats … Continue reading →

Chaos Theory 1: Hindustan Times

This was the first HT column, came out some days ago in Delhi under the headline Wake Up and Smell the Copy on the HT edit page. “Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?(Subtitle: Who will watch the watchmen)” asked the Roman poet Juvenal with some asperity, sometime around the second century AD. This was, of course, … Continue reading →

Comeback

I think the book is now available. So get it, yes? The last week has been a bit of a blur. Will not attempt a recap at this point, its past 2am and am very sleepy. But thanks everyone who came for the Cal reading (and yes, we filled the room, without Tollywood stars roped … Continue reading →

King Kong in five lines

KK: ARRRRRRRRRRRR! AD: EEEEEEEEEEEEE! KK: arrrrrrrrrr AD: eee? KK: ARRRRRRRsplgh (dies)

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