I write therefore I am

This is Suresh Subrahmanyans second volume of reminiscences and reflections. There is no subject under the sun that does not come under his genial and satirical gaze. Nostalgia and current affairs are dealt with in a serenely personal and free-flowing style displaying a deep and abiding love for the English language. For the reader there is something to dip into and find relevant even at a random flipping-through of the pages. This is a book to be kept by your bedside and referred to whenever youre feeling low. Your spirits will surely rise.Comments on the authors first book of essays A brush with Mr. Naipaul (and other pieces).Make no mistake A brush with Mr. Naipaul is not just meant for laughs; it also nudges the reader to introspect on the issues assailing the polity.The Telegraph This enviable collection by Suresh Subrahmanyan is an authentic reflection of its times to be also relished as a mosaic of his Freudian anti-repressing liberation!Deccan ChronicleCharming delightful; also a wry dry wit and a fair bit of leg-pulling. Squeamish scatological and porn-ish subjects have been tackled not frontally but forthrightly enough in delicate elliptical prose. The range of interests is wide. To write on all these pointedly but lightly is an art indeed. Wodehouse has been internalised and used deftly to capture a very Indian ethos. I doubt if anyone writes like this.Kamala Ganesh Sociologist and Author