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If youve been to bookstores looking for The Manticore’s Secret, all I can do is say sorry – its not out yet, for reasons I cant fathom. Should be out in Delhi by Monday, and in stores in the rest of the country by the end of next week. Copies will, of course, be available … Continue reading
Thanks everyone who came to the reading, especially Nilanjana, who carried the entire evening, Sarnath, Jeet and Shakti, masterminds of the birthday cake surprise onstage attack, and Ravi, who gave me the kindest introduction Ive ever had. But everyone who was present yesterday was staggeringly nice; I had the best time, and I hope you … Continue reading
The Manticore’s Secret page at the Penguin Books India website
Am sheepish and joyful, because Jai likes Manticore.Thanks very much, Jai.
Confirmed so far: Delhi, 14th December, 630 pm, Gulmohar Audi., India Habitat Centre. Launch, reading, conversation with Nilanjana S. Roy Calcutta, 20th December, 630 pm, Crossword Bookstore, reading. Update Am also planning to visit Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore in January. Will post exact dates later in the week
So I come back home, after a lovely afternoon and bitterly cold evening at Lodhi gardens, to find the cat crapping on me. To be more specific, on the only copy of the review of the only play I acted in that got reviewed, which starred an actress who’s now in the US shooting a … Continue reading
is the tentative name of the edit-page column I’m starting for the Hindustan Times soon. Sent off the first piece today, it should be out sometime. Fortnightly in Bombay, and monthly in Delhi. Hope you like.
And this has nothing to do with the book…its because one of the people I sent the If You Come Today video to was a Bombay media hotshot, and now the song is going to air on GO92.5 FM in Bombay. I also know its travelling around the globe even as you read this. Quiet … Continue reading
Samit Basu 