Q & A: A LIFE'S WORK

Shashi Tharoor’s corpus of writing is as eclectic as it is vast. Even as a comprehensive anthology, Pride, Prejudice and Punditry, hits the shelves, the author and politician says there are more books in him still

- Shreevatsa Nevatia

Q. You have published many, many books, but does this anthology feel special in any way?

Every time you write a book, you hope it will be an enduring work, but this volume has almost been created to be enduring. It has been made out of 40 years of published books and commentary. There is some of my best prose here—fiction as well as non—and David Davidar [of Aleph] even persuaded me to throw in a few poems. This volume, in many ways, really spans a lifetime’s work.