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…
Category: Issues
July 12, 2015
Barring women in Barpeta Kirtan Ghar is against the teachings of Mahapurush Sankardev
I remember visiting the Satra or Kirtan Ghar in Barpeta as a child. Barpeta is my mother’s hometown and I…
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 8, 2015
সমাজ খন ঠিক নহলে সাহিত্যৰ কোন স্থান নাই – শ্ৰীমতী তৰুলতা দাস
২০১৪ চনৰ ডিচেম্বৰ মাহত, অসমৰ প্ৰথম মহিলা গীতি কবি পদ্মপ্ৰিয়া আইৰ সোঁৱৰণত বৰপেটা লেখিকা সমাৰোহ সমিতিৰ সৌজন্যত প্ৰ্ৱৰ্ত্তিত “আই পদ্মপ্ৰিয়া”…
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…
June 28, 2015
Movie review: Inside Out | When movies teach you life |
Often during my endeavour to understand people better I have found asking myself, ‘What would be running in his/her head…
June 24, 2015
पोस्ट कार्ड
– आलोक शर्मा बात कुछ बीस-एक साल पुरानी है, फेसबुक पर मौजूद एक बड़े अच्छे दोस्त के घर के सामने…
June 21, 2015
Movie review: ABCD 2
Even as I wondered why the director needed to cast Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan for a dance film, there…
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…
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…