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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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Bastiat Prize 2007 Winner

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The Dalit Cartel

Check out this piece by Shikha Dalmia on the role that market forces play in perpetuating the caste system.…

Ban Nudity! Ban Nightlife!

Our right-wing lunatics are so funny sometimes that it’s hard to hate them. Balbir Punj has a bizarre (but…

City News

Having resumed blogging, it was natural for me to head over to the ToI site for the potential double…

The Ill-Effects of a Rave Party in Udupi

The Hindustan Times reports that two Karnataka ministers were caught watching pornographic videos “when the house was in session.”…

I’m All In: Confessions of a Poker Obsessive

This personal essay by me appears in the winter edition of Forbes Life India. I feel the ground sway…

21 April, 2007

Monkey with its head in a bucket

My friend Rahul Bhatia sends me an SMS which I reproduce, with his permission, below:

If you’d care to turn on your television, India TV is broadcasting live pictures of a baby monkey with its head stuck in a bucket. There’s commentary and everything. If they can keep this up all day, I doubt we’ll ever choose real news over this.

Happiness overflows. Our nation needs monkeys!

Posted by Amit Varma in India | Journalism

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