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'The Indian Quarterly': Finally out; getting some attention

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'The Indian Quarterly': Finally out; getting some attention

For the last two years I have spent about half my time in Mumbai working on a new Indian publishing project.The Indian Quarterly (IQ),  the product of that work, finally hit the shelves of India’s bookstores in November. The magazine was designed to be an Indian combination of Granta, Intelligent Life and the New Yorker… with [Read more…]

The Filkins Version and the Real War

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The Filkins Version and the Real War

A review in the New Yorker of Tom Rick’s new book about General Petraeus reveals its author, Dexter Filkins of the NYTimes as well, an unreliable source, to put it kindly. He glibly claims of the early Iraq War: “When the real invasion got under way, in March, 2003, American soldiers came under attack from a [Read more…]