Reports

The R. K. Narayan Conference:

• I. "Swami Goes Up" Debashree Dattaray
• II. "Lost in Malgudi" Karan Singh Yadav
• III. "Extremely Enriching" Nandini Saha
• IV. "Light on Narayan" Alastair Niven
• V. "The Book Exhibition" Neelum Saran Gour
• VI. "The Last Word" Fakrul Alam

Other Conferences:

"Honouring a Colleague: Conference in Hyderabad, 1-3 November 2006" Afeefa Banu

"Us Out There: Conference at Santa Clara University, California 27-29th October, 2006" Somdatta Mandal

Book Reviews

Review of Murari Prasad. (ed.) Arundhati Roy. Critical Perspectives. New Delhi: Pencraft International. New Orientations Series. 2006. 211 pages. Rs 450. Mala Pandurang

Review of A. Raghu. Shifting Paradigms: Essays on Literature & Theory. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2006. Rs 400. Angelie Multani

Review of Ruth Vanita. Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2005. Pp. 370. and Ruth Vanita. Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality and Culture. New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2005. Pp. 316. Brinda Bose

Review of Jaydeep Sarangi and Binod Mishra (eds.), Foreword by Margaret Allen. Explorations in Australian literature. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2006. Rs. 500. Santosh K. Sareen

Review of Jasbir Jain (ed.). Reading Partition/Living Partition. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2007. Rs 750. Angelie Multani

Review of Chandra Talpade Mohanty. Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. New Delhi: Zubaan, 2003. viii + 300 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Rs. 595 (hardback). Brinda Bose

Review of William Dalrymple. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857. New Delhi: Penguin/Viking, 2006, pp. xxvii + 578, hardback, Rs. 695. Harish Trivedi

Review of M. Asaduddin (ed.). The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories. New Delhi: Viking, 2006, pp. 288, Rs. 395/-. GJV Prasad

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