There were many attractions that would have drawn Indian theatre-lovers to the play Wedding Album staged at Watermans from 15th to 20th September. Firstly, the play was written by Girish Karnad, secondly, it was directed by Lillete Dubey, and thirdly, the cast was made up of seasoned and well-known actors. The combination of all three [...]

For one who has led a privileged life Adiga has captured, quite unbelievably, the psyche and thought processes of the Indian underdog, says Reginald Massey
[The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, New York: Simon and Schuster; London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781843547204. HB. 321pp. £12.99]
A great many journalists secretly nurse the ambition of writing a bestseller. Few [...]

Insight into the wider, human, aspect of the Sri Lankan tragedy: Charles P. Savan

“Love” marriage implies a contrast with what was the norm in South Asian society, namely, marriage “arranged” by parents, relations or, in their absence, friends. The narrator, Yalini, aged twenty-one, born (1983) and living with her parents in the USA, is the [...]

She gazed staright into the space ahead, avoiding eye-contact with the friend she hadn’t seen for years. She became absorbed in the view outside the window of the coffee shop where she sat with her long-lost friend: a bus stop, people rushing back and forth, shop displays and the window of another café just across the road.