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Anvar Alikhan

Anvar Alikhan is a regular Scroll.in contributor

Is there much more of Mumbai than meets the eye in Salman Rushdie’s new novel?

A schoolmate from the writer’s Bombay days searches for hidden clues.

Anvar Alikhan
· Oct 14, 2017 · 08:30 am
The Mont Blanc pen and other tales from Salman Rushdie’s life as a Bombay schoolboy

The city, which features in his latest novel, ‘The Golden House’, is an indelible part of Rushdie’s identity.

Anvar Alikhan
· Sep 30, 2017 · 07:00 am
From ‘Debonair’ to ‘Cocktail’: How Hugh Hefner’s ‘Playboy’ inspired many second cousins in India

Even before copies of ‘Playboy’ were smuggled into India, an adventurous publisher had launched an Indian version of it.

Anvar Alikhan
· Sep 29, 2017 · 03:30 pm

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