September 12, 2015
Modi’s cultural revolution: Exciting days ahead
[This is a piece of satire and should be considered as one. The writer is a senior journalist based in Assam.]…
Category: CULTURE
September 7, 2015
Murder in Bollywood is a highly original pulp fiction
Pulp fiction is a rarity in Indian English writing scene and only few of them manage to deliver a decent…
September 5, 2015
Movie review: Welcome Back | stupidity promised, delivered |
An absolute silly arrangement in the script enabling the producers to take this sequel ahead from where the first film…
September 3, 2015
Simple Plane Love is a Poorly Edited Disaster
I have read Priyanka Luthra before also in her blogs and I believe she is a fine writer of micro-fiction.…
August 31, 2015
Fashion tips: Is your wardrobe monsoon ready?
Annindita Bhattacharjee tells you what’s ‘in’ this season. And we bet this is some dope you cannot miss!
August 31, 2015
Advice to lovers of poetry
I was introduced to the poetry of Eunice de Souza on a hot summer day inside a college classroom.…
August 30, 2015
Review: Phantom | Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Kabir Khan |
It is funny how certain films can remind of certain others. Phantom is one of those. From the…
August 24, 2015
The Cosmopolitans redefines Anjum Hasan as a writer
It’s always a pleasure to read Anjum Hasan as she always brings a fresh perspective into any topic thus enriching…
August 10, 2015
An Open Letter to Some Dog Lovers
Dear some of the dog lovers I come across you every now and then in every nook and corner and…
July 21, 2015
Team Aisa Yeh Jahaan has planted 480 trees, and plan 80 more: Biswajeet Bora
Aisa Yeh Jahaan is not just one of those rare Hindi films that have been shot in Assam, but…
July 17, 2015
Movie review: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Years back a certain Tara Singh had crossed the border for his beloved wife, taken on the brute forces of…
July 13, 2015
Open Letter: Hansal Mehta writes to FTII students
Dear Students of FTII, Why are you on strike? Why are you not attending your classes? Don’t you have a…
July 10, 2015
Movie review – Bahubali: The Beginning
When you go in to watch an SS Rajamouli film, you probably need to be willing to suspend your beliefs.…
July 6, 2015
Flame Tree Road – Book Review
Flame Tree Road is apparently the prequel of Shona Patel’s debut novel Teatime for the Firefly. I haven’t read her previous novel but…
July 5, 2015
Movie review: Guddu Rangeela
It does not promise to get serious but Guddu Rangeela does. It delivers a statement on the much discussed Khap…