India, Jan. 4 -- Dear Reader, How do you manage your greatest resource - the gift of attention? How do you decide what books to read and which ones to give a pass to? In this first week of the new y... Read More
India, Dec. 29 -- The Juhu Book Club in Azerbaijan Dear Reader, The Juhu Book Club turns twenty-one this year. Much like the protagonist of any good story, the book club shape- shifts. Readers come... Read More
India, Dec. 21 -- Dear Reader, It is the second evening of a writing masterclass, and Alexandra Pringle and I are sitting by a pool at Jnane Tamsna, talking under an African sky strewn with stars. So... Read More
India, Dec. 14 -- Dear Reader, Today I want to brag about reading 150 books a year. In the age of book lists, where everyone from Bill Gates to Barack Obama is publishing their reading, it seems lik... Read More
India, Dec. 7 -- Dear Reader, I've become obsessed with doors. You see them everywhere in Morocco - ten feet tall, set into the high, windowless walls of the ancient Medina. Burnished oak studded wit... Read More
India, Nov. 30 -- Dear Reader, "The thing about literary masterclasses is you have to give value - real value," says Alexandra Pringle, former Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury, in the authoritative tone... Read More
India, Nov. 23 -- Dear Reader, My nonfiction list this year is wildly skewed-half tech dystopia, half mountain mysticism, with a multitude of memoirists weaving through the middle. It feels chaotic, ... Read More
India, Nov. 2 -- Dear Reader, I'm on the flight to Delhi. You know that space. Neither here nor there, suspended in the air, and the only thing tethering you to any kind of reality is the book in you... Read More
India, Oct. 26 -- It is lunchtime in Baku. We are sitting outdoors at a long table in the shadow of the Walled City's sandstone walls, sipping a tall glass of blood-red pomegranate juice. It feels bo... Read More
India, Oct. 19 -- Dear Reader, When I think of Diwali, I think of the scent of flowers, of lilies and marigolds. Of my mother's voice calling us to gather for the puja. Of the brass plate of flowers ... Read More