Tabish Khair - Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

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Books: Best Indian Fiction of 2022

Best Indian Fiction of 2022 Even as we were emerging from the pandemic, blinking in the bright light, my reading through the year continued to be both substantial and satisfying. This is a listicle of Indian fiction of 2022 that fulfilled my one-point criterion: it touched a chord with me. Valli. Written by Sheela Tomy,…

Book review: The Body by the Shore by Tabish Khair

Terror on an oil rig Tabish Khair`s new book is a scientific thriller where the action mostly takes place on an oil rig turned dubious resort in the North Sea just off Denmark. Set around 2030, with frequent references to the coronavirus pandemic that hit the world a decade ago, the reader sees that the…

Book Review: The Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair

The Night of Happiness by Tabish Khair. A businessman works late on a rain-drenched evening with his faithful right-hand man. He thinks it`s only decent that he drops the man to his home. So he does. The man, for his part, thinks it only decent to invite his boss upstairs for a bowl of halwa….