...and Kassabova's exploration of a girl grappling with history
Anuradha Roy
Editor
All of India has its bhoots; Bengal has made a respectable genre out of 'ghost-writing'
"What do they cook in your part of the world, anyway? Just potatoes and roti," my aunt would remark. The prize-winning entry in the third Outlook-Picador Non-Fiction Contest.
Scholarship with memoir and recipes. Occasionally she speaks where silence would have been eloquent. But nostalgia never tasted so good.
A moveable feast that, alas, doesn't travel well. Bias and memory linger heavy through a breezy journey to India.
Glimmers with promise at its dramatic opening. But then maudlin exile moments drip and drop into a deepening sea of syrup. Till we are too exhausted to care.
About 63 per cent of the population in Mauritius is Indian-origin. Where’s their Indianness gone?
The hills are the perfect place to go looking for wild and exotic flora
Advertisement
Newsletter
Signup for Outlook and get curated content to your inbox everyday.