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Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar

Articles by Amitava Kumar
  • Hindi On The Hudson
    Hindi On The Hudson

    Sometimes my son asks in English: “Baba, what does duniya mean?” It means the world, beta, the world that...

    May 22, 2014 Amitava Kumar
  • Place Of Birth/Place Of Death
    Place Of Birth/Place Of Death

    To return to Patna is to find the challenging thought of death, like the tip of a knife, pressing against my...

    Nov 06, 2013 Amitava Kumar
  • Salman Rushdie And Me
    Salman Rushdie And Me

    It wasn't just about standing up for freedom of expression in India: maybe I was doing something more humble...

    Feb 22, 2012 Amitava Kumar
  • A Few Chapters From Follywood
    A Few Chapters From Follywood

    Uninspired, unoriginal, sans cogent argument, this is anything but a comprehensive history of Bollywood.

    May 14, 2007 Amitava Kumar
  • A Civilizing Mission
    A Civilizing Mission

    He was indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger. He never published a classic text nor did...

    Nov 21, 2006 Amitava Kumar
  • The Enigma Of Return
    The Enigma Of Return

    Fidelity to his interlocutors, and to their detail and circumstance, as much as the intelligence and...

    Oct 05, 2004 Amitava Kumar
  • Eye Turned Inward
    Eye Turned Inward

    Aslam has the courage to write against the shortcomings of his own religion. When has anyone of the VHP had...

    Sep 20, 2004 Amitava Kumar
  • What If We Were Together?
    What If We Were Together?

    The Partition was a tragedy, but the greater tragedy is that today the dream of a united India is the fantasy...

    Aug 23, 2004 Amitava Kumar
  • Gogol Versus Ganguli
    Gogol Versus Ganguli

    Displaced metaphors play out their genteel turmoil yet again, Jhumpa style

    Oct 20, 2003 Amitava Kumar
  • Black Crows In The Open
    Black Crows In The Open

    Jha's second novel shows he's still in tormented territory, and thriving

    Sep 08, 2003 Amitava Kumar
  • Ah, The Gifts Of Abandon
    Ah, The Gifts Of Abandon

    Iyer could not have known this when he finished his book but Mohammed Atta, the leader of the September 11...

    Apr 21, 2003 Amitava Kumar
  • Bowling At The Death
    Bowling At The Death

    The local TV images of the mass funeral had a ticker tape running below—"PM congratulates victorious Indian...

    Jul 29, 2002 Amitava Kumar
  • Elsewhere Histories
    Elsewhere Histories

    Chaudhuri's writings record subtle variations on a more settled routine. The technique works because it saves...

    Jun 03, 2002 Amitava Kumar
  • Rage, Rage Against The Dying Light
    Rage, Rage Against The Dying Light

    High on success and stardom, Rushdie's novel touches the low of banality

    Sep 17, 2001 Amitava Kumar
  • Flight Into The Wild
    Flight Into The Wild

    A new fashion statement in India writing using adrenaline instead of ink.

    May 28, 2001 Amitava Kumar
  • Servant's Quarters
    Servant's Quarters

    A novel knowledgeable about wealth, sentimental about poverty.

    Apr 23, 2001 Amitava Kumar
  • 'We Are All Converts'
    'We Are All Converts'

    Amitava Kumar on his marriage to a Muslim, his 'conversion' and his first visit to Karachi

    Mar 19, 2001 Amitava Kumar
  • The Longest Journey
    The Longest Journey

    Stephen Alter takes a step across what's just a line on the map

    Nov 20, 2000 Amitava Kumar
  • Now, Voyager
    Now, Voyager

    An uneven, but often rewarding, saga of forgotten Indian diasporas

    Nov 06, 2000 Amitava Kumar

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