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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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My posts on India Uncut about My Friend Sancho can be found here.
Recent entries
This personal essay by me appears in the winter edition of Forbes Life India. I feel the ground sway…
I’m amazed that India hasn’t yet woken up to the fact that Himesh Reshammiya is the new Govinda. I…
If you thought Ponytail’s speech the other day was funny, wait till you see this: Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, former…
The New York Times reports: A video of a dog apparently mourning the death of his owner at a…
Huffington Post reports: Glenn Beck called Hurricane Irene a “blessing” on his Friday radio show, saying it would teach…
30 June, 2007
Mika Brzezinski v Paris Hilton
I’ll bet my shirt—unwashed and reeking in an erotic way—that Mika Brzezinski has 10,000 times more fans right now on our fine planet than Paris Hilton. The MSNBC newsreader who refused to read the lead story she was given—on Paris Hilton’s release from jail—has become a YouTube cult figure in the last couple of days, and here is the video that has won her such admiration:
The Guardian has a report on it here, and really, she is my hero too. More power to Mika Brzezinski.
(Link via email from Kind Friend.)
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