Books
Harsh Snehanshu

A Place Called Home

  And Home Was Kariakoo MG Vassanji Doubleday Canada Rs 1,555 | 400 pp A book about Africa (East Africa, in particular) by a writer of Indian origin who spent his childhood in Africa but now lives in Canada—a writer

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Harsh Snehanshu

The Prickly Politics of the Ladies’ Seat

Recently, I travelled on the Delhi Metro on two separate occasions, each time with a female friend. Both are self-proclaimed feminists. Both champion the cause of women emancipation. Both will retweet the statement, “If you are not a feminist, you

Arts & Culture
Harsh Snehanshu

The Trailblazer

Harsh Snehanshu reviews Raj Kamal Jha’s She Will Build Him A City, and asserts that despite its limitations, it heralds a new era of writing urban fiction.  The allure of Delhi’s colourful history, flourishing flamboyance and glaring vices has long

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Harsh Snehanshu

The House of the Other Mr. Biswas

Harsh Snehanshu goes to a Kolkata suburb to meet the revered septuagenarian guitar-maker. It is after an hour long rickety bus ride from Esplanade, Kolkata that I reach Belur, the last stop. Famous for Swami Vivekanand’s shrine – Belur Math,