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Articles by RV Raman
Quo Vadis, Indian Noir?
In an earlier article, I had written about the lack of Indian crime fiction when I was growing up. We had plugged that gap by turning to western authors – Christie, Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Erle Stanley Gardner, and other giants of crime fiction. The lacuna had kept gnawing at the back of my mind, and had eventually pushed me to write crime fiction set in India. That paucity of local crime fiction had continued until a decade ago. How much has that changed now?
Crime fiction: A detective’s holiday is cut short when strange bloody handprints appear on the walls
“Nothing bad happens there?” Athreya queried. “Surely, a hundred years would have seen deaths.” “Death is not necessarily a bad thing,” Margot countered. “For the aged or the gravely ill, it is a relief.” “And for their loved one too,” Dave added. “Seeing someone suffer from an incurable illness can be heart-wrenching. Locals believe that anything that happens at Peter Dann happens for the good.” Athreya didn’t pursue it further. He was acutely aware that Javed had fallen silent.
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm
This non-fiction book, written by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsyth, two New York Times reporters, offers an unflattering view of McKinsey & Company, reputedly the most influential consulting firm in the world. It paints a picture of a secretive firm that pursues profit at all costs, wins contracts by influencing individuals in key institutional positions and recommends actions that are detrimental to the larger society.
The Lure of a Real-World Setting for a Mystery Novelist
I had just wrapped up my first Harith Athreya mystery (A Will to Kill) and despatched the manuscript, when I set off for the Bundelkhand hinterland in Central India. My nephew was getting married at a charming resort there, tucked away on a riverbank near the erstwhile kingdom of Orchha. November was the perfect time for visiting – the heat of summer was behind us, and the bite of winter hadn’t yet arrived.
Underrated Novels by Indian Authors That Will Blow You Away
Image: Shutterstock Ever come across a book in a box of your grandfather’s college junk or at a library gathering dust? Well, these books are truly absorbing and once you are hooked to them, you will not believe that you have never heard of them! Some books don’t take much time to be listed among the acclaimed bestsellers in the world, while others don’t usually get the buzz they deserve.
Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India
Like many of my generation in India, I too grew up on a diet of English novels from authors, both Indian and foreign. This was before the days of TV and the internet, when books were the primary source of entertainment (apart from movies, of course). The printed word and the silver screen each had a charm of their own. But as a student, when you could borrow twenty or more books from a library for the price of one movie ticket, the choice was clear. There was (and is) no dearth of stories in India.
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