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About the AuthorShashi Warrier
Shashi Warrier has written fairy tales, thrillers, a semi-fictional biography, satires, and a love story. Besides writing, he teaches strategic communication at a business school.
    A Christmas surprise transforms Grumpy neighbors into pet enthusiasts. (Image by arrangement)Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | The Christmas Conversion

    It seems that there are cat people and there are dog people, and ne’er the twain shall get along, like...

    7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

    The Perfume Project By Divrina Dhingra. (Image: DC)Lifestyle
    Book Review | An obtrusive storyteller's fascinating project

    A series of Indian scents takes the reader on a journey far and wide

    7 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Coverpage of Mansur.Lifestyle
    Book Review | Heady Mughal thriller combines intrigue and art

    The opening pages of Mansur call to mind Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red, but the similarity disappears very soon....

    17 Dec 2023 1:58 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The Leopard on WhatsAppOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The Leopard on WhatsApp

    It all started with WhatsApp. In case you don’t know what WhatsApp is, it’s a free cellphone app that serves...

    3 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Cover photo of Western Lane by Chetna Maroo. (Image by Arrangement)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Brilliant debut on precocious girl consumed by squash

    A Gujarati housewife, Charu, dies in the course of a warm London summer. She leaves behind her husband, Pa, an...

    18 Nov 2023 11:18 PM IST

    Court on Trial By Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William H.J. Hubbard. (Image: DC)Lifestyle
    Book Review | Insufficient evidence to call top court a people's forum

    Is the Supreme Court a “people's court”

    12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Fudge and Squark. (Image by Shashi Warrier)Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Squark, the dog on the doorstep

    Late one night in the rains, I heard a strange noise from near the front door. I turned on the light in the verandah,...

    11 Nov 2023 11:50 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The insufferable arrogance of writersOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The insufferable arrogance of writers

    When my friend Murthy turned up the other morning with a friend I welcomed him in before heading for the bar to bring...

    1 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Anatomy Of A Riot Pretends To Debunk Epic, Ends Up Restoring ItLifestyle
    Anatomy Of A Riot Pretends To Debunk Epic, Ends Up Restoring It

    No one spoke of justice because there was no need

    1 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The manufacture of discontentOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The manufacture of discontent

    The other day my friend Murthy demonstrated that his nose for my Scotch is as keen as ever. I’d just got myself a...

    10 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great endLifestyle
    Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great end

    Here’s hope for those young people who are mediocre with mathematics and other studies, and likely to be...

    27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

    The other day I dropped in at the local barbershop without calling the barber, Abid, in advance, to book a slot. When I...

    13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

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