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Latest novel by Moni Mohsin is a story of a young woman’s initiation into the savage world of social media, political hypocrisy.

Moni Mohsin on how her new book explores Pakistans volatile politics through social medias lenses The author, known for using satire to slice open the discrepancies in society, uses the protagonist in her new book — The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R — and her hero worship of an aspiring prime minister to expose the ugly underbelly of social media. Mallik Thatipalli January 03, 2021 09:33:44 ...

HarperCollins India | Rs 499 | 240 pages Award-winning translator Narayan Hegde translates literary giant UR Ananthamurthy’s novel, first published in 1978, from the Kannada. It’s a country struggling with corruption, whose prime minister is on the way to becoming a ruthless dictator. From his sickbed, revolutionary leader Krishnappa Gowda tackles the schemes of party men, grapples with his conscience, and through a memory that comes and goes, looks for the true meaning of life. Read more a...

Book REVIEW | The importance of being earnest in a villainish and banal world Updated Dec 20, 2020, 8:18 am IST The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R. is not a political novel. It’s a novel set in politics, but it’s about Ruby and no one else.  Cover page of The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R It was at about page 243 of this 264-page book that I actually fell off my chair, I was laughing so hard. Laughing not at poor Ruby, the protagonist of Moni Mohsin’s novel The Impeccable Integrity...

Dog-Eared: The end of mirth Dog-Eared: The end of mirth BySupriya NairSupriya Nair / Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 06:00 IST SUPRIYA-NAIR The irrepressible writer Moni Mohsin is publishing a new novel to take the edge off this bitter year. Or so you tell yourself, until you crack open The Impeccable Integrity Of Ruby R. and realise that it’s a tragedy in the packaging of a comedy. Ruby R. isn’t about the pandemic. It’s a story about the subcontinent’s other viral problem, populism. The titular...

The end of mirth DOG-EARED The irrepressible writer Moni Mohsin is publishing a new novel to take the edge off this bitter year. Or so you tell yourself, until you crack open The Impeccable Integrity Of Ruby R. and realise that it’s a tragedy in the packaging of a comedy. Ruby R. isn’t about the pandemic. It’s a story about the subcontinent’s other viral problem, populism. The titular Miss Ruby Rauf is a struggling university student in London who attends a talk by trim, springy-haired...

Moni Mohsin’s new novel is another wicked satire, this time on Pakistan’s political figures An excerpt from ‘The Impeccable Integrity of Ruby R’. Author Moni Mohsin. Two days later, Ruby’s summons arrived by text. Mr Saif Haq had invited Miss Ruby Rauf to his London office the next day at 4 pm to meet his team and discuss issues she had raised at their last meeting. Delighted to have been remembered, Ruby was nevertheless disappointed by the perfunctory tone of the text. But,...