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Sep.11.2011
Ten years ago, I spent most of the September 11, scratching my head and trying to figure out how the assassination of the "Lion of Panjshir," Ahmad Shah Massoud would impact Afghanistan, and by extension, India. Massoud had been assassinated two days before, and suddenly it seemed that...
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Aug.09.2011
For the past three days, I have watched gangs of criminals run wild in the city that I have chosen for my home. Distressing reports of looting, arson, random violence have filled tv screens and newspapers and social media. In these three days, I have grown angrier and sadder with every news update...
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Jun.15.2011
Days after the Amina hoax came to light, and despite the reams of virtual ink wasted by the media on the story, I have found myself feeling furious each time I think of the way the story unfolded.
I got news of the story when it suddenly showed up on my twitter feed, with various activists and...
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May.07.2011
Some of you may already know that my father maintains a blog of his own, posting his memories and photos. Since Osama bin Laden's elimination, he has been posting on our days in Pakistan.
Disclosure: Dad was the longest serving RAW officers at the Indian embassy in Islamabad. And our time as a...
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May.05.2011
Osama bin Laden was killed earlier this week, a result inevitably determined and irrevocably scheduled on 9/11, although there are many who insist he was on USA's radar well before the destruction of the iconic towers; he may well have been, but on that September morning, his fate was ensured. ...
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Mar.21.2011
During the Egypt uprising, one reporter after another repeated the same mantra: the barrier of fear had been broken. And yet, once Mubarak stepped down and the media eye moved elsewhere, that mantra has not been heard nearly as often.
However in the month since Mubarak's downfall, there is ample...
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Mar.12.2011
Just a very quick note to say that the new issue of the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine carries my short story, The Wait. They have been very sweet and described it as "memorable." I just hope that it helps keep the story of the Indian PoWs who were never returned by Pakistan after the...
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Mar.06.2011
I used to write for the apparently suspended www.sawf.org many years ago and have been promising myself that I would salvage some of the posts from there for my own blog. For a number of reasons, I was reminded of Lucknow recently and so today, I re-post my piece on my memories of Awadh:
In my...
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Feb.25.2011
I must start this piece with a disclaimer (Usual readers: you'll see why this is necessary): At no point do I support or condone sexual violence towards or harassment of Lara Logan or any other journalist or indeed professional trying to do her job. This piece is NOT about the sexual harassment/...
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Feb.06.2011
Like most people, I too have been caught off-guard with the events in Egypt since January 25, 2011. For years, I have been following global events, analysing and at times writing about them. For example, I made a case for the shift of power to the east nearly fifteen years ago, when India was still...
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Dec.30.2010
I just realised that not only are we approaching the end of a year but also the end of the very first decade of this century. Or should that have been last year already? Regardless, this year, 2010, also marks my very first decade as a published writer. And what a difference ten years make!
Well,...
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Dec.25.2010
Alright, so I am not a Christian, never was, and never will be. However, I spent an awful lot of my childhood in Catholic schools, where for the record, I was neither abused nor mistreated. Instead I met some wonderfully committed teachers who followed their vocation by instilling their students...
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Dec.09.2010
I have no idea whether Julian Assange is guilty of rape or not. If he is guilty, he should be tried (and not in a kangaroo court) and duly punished. What worries me more is a strange silence on part of journalists about a more bizarre twist in this tale. That twist is about Sweden's...
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Nov.08.2010
University of Oklahoma's venerable magazine World Literature Today (established as Books Abroad back in 1927) has dedicated its November/December issue to writing from modern India.
Of course, the focus on Indian writing is not new for the magazine. It carried a brief survey of Indian poetry...
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Sep.01.2010
Odd Memories of the Family
I suppose I should be thankful to my family that I find myself feeling very quickly at home at Lavigny. The chateau’s completely arbitrary combination of high art, antiques and kitsch reminds me of my parents’ home where random plastic souvenirs rub shoulders with...
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You can give away everything but your memories. ”
—With Krishna's Eyes
About Sunny
SUNNY SINGH was born in Varanasi, India, and grew up in various parts of the world. Her first novel – Nani's Book of Suicides – was first published by Harper Collins India Pvt Ltd in 2000 and described as a "first novel of rare scope and power." The Spanish...
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Sunny’s Favorite Books
A tough one this: Dante is a start! He's my personal guru! Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children completely set my imagination afire as a teenager. After that...