June 21, 2015
4 Reasons Why India’s Greatest Comic Book Superhero is Kapil Dev.
By Isa Khati, Shalim M Hussain Sometime in the 1990s, a light bulb glowed and burst over the heads of…
Year: 2015
June 16, 2015
Taking on Shiva: An Interview with model turned author Olivier Lafont
How many authors can claim to have both the looks and the acting chops to play the hero in a…
June 10, 2015
Bojhena se Bojhena: A belated account
Okay, so I have finally watched the much talked about Bengali movie ‘Bojhena se Bojhena’ of 2012, directed by Raj…
May 30, 2015
Summer Reads: A biased list of Indian books
Recently, NY Times published the list of summer reads which created a lot of controversy. We are publishing our own…
May 21, 2015
Author Websites: What to Include?
I recently did a list of 10 Indian author websites that I like [link]. I was even alleged by few…
May 20, 2015
Pain will make you feel alive | Book review: No Direction Rome|
I have been sitting in front of my laptop for about an hour or so and I am still not…
May 16, 2015
THE VALUE OF ZERO: Celebrating the Backbenchers
Empowering ‘Back Benchers’ is their mission. Be it in the classrooms or in the shady corners of society. They believe…
May 13, 2015
10 Indian author websites worth checking out
In today’s world, every writer needs a website – there are so many good reasons for having one that even…
May 9, 2015
Falling in love with Piku
In multiple scenes in ‘Piku’ you would wonder if you could possibly be one of the characters. And if you…
May 1, 2015
Movie review: Gabbar Is Back
“Rishwat nariyal kay jaisa ho gaya hain, har kam kay pehle charana padta hain,” avows producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest…
May 1, 2015
The Buddha of the Toilet speaks: An Interview with Kaushik Barua
Kaushik Barua is the man of the moment. With the Sahitya Akademi award for his debut novel tucked comfortably under…
April 30, 2015
Movie review: Sabki Band Bajegi
A fellow film journalist often has arguments with me. He believes that Rahul Gandhi is the best leader India could have. His…
April 29, 2015
LOL: Designer creates Sholay Selfies
Social Networking has deep penetration in our lives nowadays and taking selfies in various poses and posting it in social…
April 28, 2015
The Thing with Djinns
The women of Old Delhi are repositories of dark tales. If you are (un)lucky enough to be invited to one…