The Chennai Book Fair ended this week. Here are some personal notes on it: We had smartly chosen the evening of a weekday to avoid the mad congestion that is inevitable at such events on weekends. On our arrival at the YMCA Grounds in Nandanam, the venue of the Chennai Book Fair, we realise our smart thought has basically occurred… Read more →
After a visit to the Chennai Book Fair this week, I have to but come to the conclusion that there are no more readers. Most of them have become authors. On the day I went, it was not writers outnumbered the lay visitors by a comfortable ratio of 2:1. At one stall — I am not making this up —… Read more →
As a writer who deals with words day in and day out and as a man who is constantly swirling in literary waters, you can very well imagine what would have caught my keen artistic eye at the Chennai Book fair this week: Yes, the kosubats, which were sold right near the entrance by an importunate salesman, made a fine… Read more →
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