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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.
    Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit LivesBooks
    Book Review | The True Desperation of Odisha’s Dalit Lives

    All in all, it’s a disturbing, provocative read, but the translation lets the story down occasionally

    10 Jan 2026 1:32 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too SoonColumnists
    Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

    “We’ve realised the damage a serious general hangover can do on a working day,” said Raghavan, “so now we make it a...

    3 Jan 2026 9:51 PM IST

    Book Review | Eighteen Flavours Of BombayBooks
    Book Review | Eighteen Flavours Of Bombay

    Her parents, with the family due to shift to Goa, lie about why she’s shifting from her present school.

    21 Dec 2025 5:49 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIRColumnists
    Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIR

    “I know,” he said after another little gap. “It’s unfair. But you should have told me as soon as it happened. I can’t do...

    7 Dec 2025 1:20 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful WorldColumnists
    Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful World

    We had both become old and staid and I hoped he wouldn’t reminisce too much about the old days because Prita didn’t know...

    2 Nov 2025 1:12 AM IST

    Book Review | Journalist Solves Murder, Exposes State of WorldBooks
    Book Review | Journalist Solves Murder, Exposes State of World

    Universality was on the Booker long list this year. Its one failing is that it’s a little too British

    11 Oct 2025 1:42 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police DetectiveColumnists
    Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police Detective

    Smith died in July, aged 82. Parkinson’s disease hadn’t stopped him writing: instead, he shared it with Arkady Renko,...

    5 Oct 2025 12:34 AM IST

    Book Review | Road Trip Novel Dissects a MarriageBooks
    Book Review | Road Trip Novel Dissects a Marriage

    Markovits’ writing brings out best of all the narrator’s character

    27 Sept 2025 1:40 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Is Newest Tariff Slap Trump’s Last Stand?Columnists
    Shashi Warrier | Is Newest Tariff Slap Trump’s Last Stand?

    “Salma Hayek for one!” said Prita, jumping in. “The actress. He barged in on her and asked her out on a date. She said...

    6 Sept 2025 9:47 PM IST

    Book Review | Combo of Ludlum, Brown and Indiana JonesBooks
    Book Review | Combo of Ludlum, Brown and Indiana Jones

    The author goes on to observe in the end that force — strength — is the only way to preserve peace, but the evidence...

    9 Aug 2025 2:14 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The Disappearing Post And The Generation GapColumnists
    Shashi Warrier | The Disappearing Post And The Generation Gap

    “It’s the government’s courier service,” explained Raghavan. “A little safer than regular post. You go to the post...

    2 Aug 2025 10:19 PM IST

    Book Review | Social Realism From a Place That Time ForgotBooks
    Book Review | Social Realism From a Place That Time Forgot

    Parallel dark strands of caste discrimination and bureaucratic indifference run through the stories

    19 July 2025 1:38 PM IST

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