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WORDS >>

Words is a place which stores some of my other published writing, both fiction and non-fiction. This page includes links to stories, book reviews, activist pieces, travel pieces, middles and other writing that has appeared in newspapers and other publications. This page also hosts links to some of my writing on issues of development, environment and sustainability. These are in the form of books, monographs, research reports and are available from the respective publisher.

SHORT STORIES >>

Un Amour Unfini (L'Allure des Mots< USA)

The Secret Life of Gods-Chapter 1 (Eclectica, Vol 14, No 3, USA)

The Longest Night (Notes from the Underground, UK)

Asha Masala Bhandar (Bhashabandhan, Kolkata)

Grandmaster of Rembrandtplein (Asia Writes-Featured Works, Philippines)

The Made-to-Order Muse (The Legendary, USA)

Bukowski Black (Underground Voices, USA)

Choku Khansama Lane er Parveen (in Bengali) (Bhashabandhan - Festival Edition, Kolkata)

Watersmoke (Scientific Indian)

Bokdharmik (in Bengali) (Bhashabandhan, Kolkata)

Broken-winged Butterflies (Weirdyear, Canada)

The Mask of a Mummy (The Statesman, India)

Sinister Christmas (The Statesman, India)

BOOK REVIEWS >>

The Final Question (Shesh Prosno), Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, Tr. by Members of the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Edited by Arup Rudra and Sukanta Chaudhuri, Penguin & Ravi Dayal Publishers (Indian Literature Journal, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi)

Nagaland, Jonathan Glancey, Faber & Faber (Asian Review of Books, Hong KongNov 2011)

The Dollmakers' Island, Anuradha Kumar, Gyaana Books (Times of India/IANS, Nov 2011)

Thunder Demons, Dipika Mukherjee, Gyaana Books (Indo-Asian News Service, Aug 2011)

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper (Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong, June 2011)

Serious Men, Manu Joseph, John Murray/HarperCollins (The Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong)

Monkey-Man, Usha K R, Penguin (Indian Literature Journal, Sept-Oct 2010, Sahitya Akademi)

The Crimson Throne, Sudhir Kakar, Penguin (Indian Literature Journal, Jan-Feb 2011, Sahitya Akademi)

Evening is the Whole Day, Preeta Samarasan, HarperCollins Publishers (Indian Literature Journal, Sahitya Akademi)

Venus Crossing, Kalpana Swaminathan, Penguin India (Indian Literature Journal, Sahitya Akademi)

Collective Violence of a Provincial People, D Parthasarathy, Oxford University Press (The Telegraph)

Birds of Prey, Wilbur Smith, Macmillan (The Telegraph)

The Scent of Pepper, Kavery Nambisan, Penguin (The Telegraph)

Violence and Truth, Denis Vidal, Oxford (The Telegraph)

India is for Sale, Chitra Subramaniam, UBSPD (The Telegraph)

The Fifth Flame: The Story of Safdar Hashmi, Qamar Azad Hashmi, Viking (The Telegraph)

Begam Samru: Portrait in a Gilded Frame, John Lall, Roli (The Telegraph)

OPINION PIECES, MIDDLES, OTHER >>

Art and Advertisements (The Statesman)

Your Words will See the Light (The Statesman)

The Turn to the North (The Statesman)

A Million Necessary Words (The Statesman)

Dancing in the Dark (The Statesman)

The Man from Kalapaththar (The Statesman)

ACTIVIST PIECES >>

Riding through Woe and Despair (Times of India)

It is no Child's Play (Times of India)

Look Before you Buy Cars (Times of India)

Fasten you Seat Belts (Times of India)

TRAVEL AND FOOD>>

Magical Land (The Statesman)

Riversong (The Statesman)

The Peasant and the Mystic - Uncharted Rajasthan (Tales of Asia, Cambodia)

Petuk Atlas (in Bengali) (Aramva - Utsav sankhya, Kolkata)

The King and I (The Statesman)

Bar-dhyaker Bar-anasi (in Bengali) (Aramva, Kolkata)

The Man from Kalapaththar (The Statesman)

RESEARCH, ACTIVIST PUBLICATIONS ETC. >>

Water, What are our Rights to it? (Author. Paperback, CUTS, Jaipur)

UNDP Human Development Report, 1998 (Contributor. Paperback, United Nations Development Programme, New York)

Participatory Rural Development and Agro-Climatic Regional Planning (Contributor. Hardback, ATI, Calcutta)

Stocktaking of Progress towards Sustainability (Consultant researcher and principal contributor. Paperback, CUTS-MoEF, Jaipur-Delhi)

Southern Initiatives Journal of Sustainable Development (Editoriial and articles. Paperback, Southern Initiatives, Calcutta)

Books from Bengal - A Rights catalogue (Compilation and design team. Paperback, Publishers and Booksellers Guild, Calcutta)

Competition Regime and Consumer Welfare - Research paper (Author. CUTS, Jaipur)

Green Advertisements: Are they Telling the Truth (Co-author.Paperback, CUTS, Calcutta)

Waiting for Delivery - A Civil Society Assessment of Progress towards Sustainable Consumption (Contributor. ICSPAC, Rockville, US)

Ecofrig: Make the Right Choice Now (Co-editor. paperback, CUTS, Jaipur)