“But what if,” I ask, “I wanted to become Indian?”
It is 9am, and we are twelve hours into a seventeen-hour train journey. There is something about Indian trains that encourages social intercourse, and I have succumbed to the temptation to engage in debate with my fellow passengers.
“You know,” I continue. “Like when Indians come to Britain. They get British nationality – why shouldn’t I be able to get Indian nationality?” Continue reading
Filed under India 2012
The Sunday Times of India has published a piece I wrote taking a sideways view of the Salman Rushdie/Jaipur affair. You can read it on the Times of India website here and below.
Do Indians now dream in English?
Sunday Times of India, 5 February 2012
Filed under India 2012, Published work
“Look! Oprah!! Today she come?”
The rickshaw driver thrusts the newspaper into my hands pointing to Oprah’s photograph on the front page, before manhandling his rickshaw towards the potholed road for my final ride to the Jaipur Literature Festival.
“You are very lucky to see Oprah! Now she is very old…” he continues as he cranks up the engine. Continue reading
Filed under India 2012
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