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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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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…
28 February, 2008
Presidential Skin
Maureen Dowd sums up the battle for the democratic nomination:
The fact that Obama is exceptionally easy in his skin has made Hillary almost jump out of hers.
Indeed, Clinton seemed positively on edge in the latest Democratic debate in Ohio, as if she was on the verge of launching into a Howard Dean scream at any moment. Obama was calm, dignified, concise—almost as if he was above this fray, but wanted to engage rather than condescend.
As you can tell, I really like Obama’s persona—but his policies, particularly on free trade, are regressive and counter-productive (1, 2). Hopefully, he’s just pandering to the base until he gets the Democratic nomination. But if so, will he become a prisoner of his own rhetoric?
PS: Clinton cites foreign policy as one of her strong areas, so it was a bit of a surprise that she struggled to name Vladimir Putin’s successor in the debate. And to think we made fun of Bush Jr’s ignorance before the 2000 elections. Ah, the unraveling.
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