Bibliofile
When Amitav Ghosh follows Jeffrey Archer and Indians not only reign in the world's bestseller lists, but also draw packed audiences during their bookstore appearances..
We Have Overcome
But it's Indians, or at least writers of Indian origin who're not only reigning in the world's bestseller lists, but drawing packed audiences during their bookstore appearances. Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth is at No. 9 on the NYT list this week, and Fareed Zakaria's Post-American World at No. 5 in non-fiction. In paperbacks, Deepak Chopra's biography of Buddha is at No. 26, and the Dalai Lama's The Universe in a Single Atom at No. 31.
Poetry In SMS
Beware, there's yet another poet-politician brewing. Congress minister Kapil Sibal is furiously composing poems in SMS text, and has told friends that he'll be ready to publish them when he completes his 100th.