The Marketing of Rushdie
Jan 21st
Authors nowadays are just marketers, say their detractors.
But here we have the curious case of the detractor marketing the author.
I am speaking of course of how the Darul Uloom Deoband has done Salman Rushdie the great service of giving him and his Satanic Verses a new lease of life just as they were fading into More >
Polls and Prejudice
Jan 17th
India on a mission to villify its best and brightest. We have the dubious distinction of being the only democracy to ban, exile and censor Salman Rushdie, Hussain and Arundhati Roy, when others see them as some of the finest minds in the world.
Ironically, it was a government man, A.K. Antony, who plainly, and painfully, More >
Hate at Home
Jan 10th
People like a strong government. It makes them feel secure. So when a government looks weak, voters almost always swing to the right.
It happened in the U.S after Jimmy Carter’s failed presidency. It happened in Russia after the years of Boris Yeltin’s alcoholic More >
India’s Rainy Day
Dec 13th
The Greeks define tragedy as watching something terrible happen and not being able to do anything about it. But what’s the word for watching something terrible happen and not being interested in doing anything about it?
India’s economy has been wobbling for months.
Industrial production shrank 5.1% in October. The rupee has fallen 16% since September. Inflation More >
