Srinath Perur - Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

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Book review: This Life at Play by Girish Karnad

This Life At Play, the English translation of Karnad`s Aadaadtha Aayushya, translated from Kannada by Girish Karnad and Srinath Perur (HarperCollins Books), gives readers a clear glimpse of a man of formidable intellect, a man who wrote plays that were sheer genius (some of them at least), a good actor, a very good writer, and…

Book review: Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbagh; translation by Srinath Perur

This is more a brief take than review. The ties that bind…hard Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag. Translated by Srinath Perur. Harper Perennial Books. This little gem of a story deals in domestic doings, and the teller of the tale is an unnamed male at the centre of everything that is happening to his family….

Book review: If It`s Monday, It Must Be Madurai by Srinath Perur

If It`s Monday It must Be Madurai, Srinath Perur’s account of conducted tours he has taken hither and thither, is a neat meld of insights and spot-on snarkisms about fellow Indian journey men and women. The humour is kept gentle for the most part though the digs are pointed and strike an immediate chord with…