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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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Recent entries
So it’s about 10.45pm, and we’re headed in a tourist taxi to Siena Village, a resort a few kilometres…
I don’t know why, but I find this kind of funny. And what’s with the quote marks in that…
Jonah Lehrer writes in Wired: Here’s a brain teaser: Your task is to move a single line so that…
So while everyone’s celebrating the arrival of Akhilesh Yadav and how he’s revitalised the Samajwadi Party and UP Politics,…
... is done. The next time India walk out to play a Test match, my favourite sportsman of all…
25 February, 2009
A Terrorist Offence
Two terrorists gather outside VT station. In their bags, they carry AK-47s. They look at their watches. It is almost time.
“Come, my friend,” says one. “Let us go in and shoot a few people brutally in cold blood in the name of God. Bang bang!”
“Wait,” says the other. “You’re forgetting something.”
“What?”
“We need to buy a platform ticket first.”
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On that note, allow me to present to you the headline of the day:
Kasab booked for entering CST without ticket
This is not just throwing the book, but throwing the bookmark. I bet Lashkar never accounted for this.
(HT: Anand.)
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PS: Blogging’s been a bit slow because of some work that came up. I’ll resume full-swing in a day or two. Your patience is appreciated—and your pestilence is solicited.
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