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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
Mid Day reports: In an attempt to prevent animal abuse, the state government has instructed petroleum giants Indian Oil,…
Check out this piece by Shikha Dalmia on the role that market forces play in perpetuating the caste system.…
Our right-wing lunatics are so funny sometimes that it’s hard to hate them. Balbir Punj has a bizarre (but…
Having resumed blogging, it was natural for me to head over to the ToI site for the potential double…
The Hindustan Times reports that two Karnataka ministers were caught watching pornographic videos “when the house was in session.”…
19 February, 2010
Scheming Brides and Underhand Tactics
The WTF news report of the day surely has to be this one:
Six in ten scheming brides force men to go down on their knees by resorting to underhand tactics, suggests a survey.
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While 32 per cent bullied their partner into proposing by threatening to leave him, 17 per cent sent themselves flowers from a fake admirer to stir up their lover’s jealousy.
It seems this survey was conducted by a British TV channel called Really. See the fun.
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I can’t say why, but I suddenly remembered “The Gift”, the Velvet Underground song. Check it out.
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