Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests become […]
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The Family Hotel-Part 4
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests become […]
The Family Hotel-Part 3
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests become witness […]
The Family Hotel-Part 2
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests become witness […]
The Family Hotel-Part 1
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts, starting from this week. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. […]
Of Truth And Lies
Not many people in India knew Syed Saleem Shahzad but his cheerfully round face along with the screaming headlines speaking of torture and murder at the hands of a shadowy entity that must not be spoken about lightly in Pakistan, stirred a deep sorrow. Shahzad was a man of truth. He did not play ball […]
A Prayer For Coke Studio
Coke Studio had stolen my heart way back in 2008 and my friends would look at me in puzzlement when I put up excited status updates about CS. For those who still don’t know what Coke Studio is and suspect it is a rave destination, here is a short summary: In a studio setting in Pakistan (actually […]
The Many Faces of Terror…
America has saved the world again. After thousands of civilians served as collateral fodder in the “smoke em out” Bushfire in Iraq and Afghanistan post 9/11, the poster boy of global terrorism is gone. He did not go quietly into the night though and “personally” confronted the US forces after having dodged them for over a decade through cave bunkers and assorted […]
Remembering Nazia Hassan
This April, Nazia Hassan would have been 46 years old and I am suddenly wistful for a wonderful summer in Dalhousie when I first heard her sing. It was around 1981 and my nani, addicted to Pakistani soaps like Ankahi had really no patience for Doordarshan but even she had to sit and watch when a Pakistani teenager, wearing […]
Across the barbed fence
It is not easy to love your neighbour across a barbed fence. Not easy to see that history is never just about us or them but about everyone who has lived and breathed and suffered and walked on this planet. That an individual matters as much as a nation. It is hard to see ourselves and others through a […]
Mohali beyond cricket
The thrum of Vande Mataram. The beating of a giant heart during the ‘reviews.’ The roar of a 1000 drums. Aamir Khan gesturing victory to the crowd to the tune of, “Rubaru, roshni hai.” A Pakistani woman praying with her eyes closed. Harbhajan Singh invoking the Sikh Gurus. A commentator screaming, “Out..OUT..Yuvraj Singh may have put India on the road to Mumbai!” The […]