Originally intended as a collection of my book reviews, this blog now contains a mix of book reviews and social and political commentary. My interests in fiction have changed over the years, from the Russian classics to Latin American literature and more recently contemporary Chinese literature. I also maintain a blog on the Indian historian and mathematician DD Kosambi.
My professional blog on software engineering is less frequently updated. I live with my better half, Bhaswati Ghosh, in southern Ontario, Canada.
is a writer and occasionally blogs here besides her own blog.
I have also translated most of the poems in the collection “To the Punjab of Farid” and Bhaswati and I helped to edit “Recovering the Lost Tongue” written by Rahul Banerjee. Both are available from amazon.com by following the links on the images below.
“To the Punjab of Farid and other poems” is available as a free e- book.
An unabridged version of “Recovering the Lost Tongue” is also available on-line.
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Which script are you using for Recent Comments – can you please suggest.
Kapil: I am not too sure, I just use the default that comes with the wordpress template.
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i hope you don’t mind that i’ve just tagged you.
Well, no, though I am surprised, haven’t been tagged ever before. Will try and continue the chain..
Hi, just got your reference to the Maissa Bey essay I
translated for World Lit. Today. Bey is NOT
the daughter of Larbi Ben M’Hidi…the French tortured and
summarily executed thousands of Algerian rebels, her
father and Ben M’Hidi met the same fate, but M’Hidi was
the head of the FLN in Algiers, Bey’s father was a school-
teacher in el Boghari…I took a round about way into
the subject, sorry if it wasn’t clear. Part I is about
Algeria and the ways its history has been used lately
by the Pentagon, part II is about Bey.
Also the essay stands by itself, Bey hasnt written a
book length memoir about her father, but she has written
a number of novels, all marked by early trauma.
glad to see people are reading WLT. best wishes, S Ruta
Also your photo shows two authors I love, Bolano and
Tomas Eloy Martinez…we seem to have the same tastes
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Thanks for your comment and the correction, Suzanne. It seems that I have quite an imagination
Very honoured that we share the same interests. Thanks for visiting!
a wonderful discovery
(your blog)
thanks, temporal, glad to see you here!
Thanks for visiting Karbi.wordpress.com
- DST and M.Phangcho
Bhupinder enjoying the “new” blog location and writings- good work!
Salut- *tsaari
Thanks, Tsaari, glad you liked some of the stuff here.
my blog on Punjabi poet Paash at http://paash.wordpress.com contains links to his life and times, his poetry in different languages and critical appreciation of his poetry.
I am aware of your blog, bhushan, I guess via the link at ghazala. Keep up the good work!
I looking for some info.
Ages ago I met Bhupinder Singh at Mr Ramasami’s (Tribune) place.
Is this the same Bhupinder Singh?
Yes, it is !
nice to meet you here.
Fantastic material here, read just a few posts and am hooked. Have bookmarked the site and will read at leisure.
Vidyadhar
Thanks for your kind words, Vidya. Glad you liked some of the stuff here.
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Wonderful blog! Am reading all your old posts
All: Thanks for reading and commenting on this blog post.
Nice blog. Will read all the posts soon.
My thanks to the authors….