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Old tales, new twists

Saturday 23 May '09

If I had more time, I would have given serious thought to Moby Dick — being told from the point of view of the saddened and hunted whale...
Heat busters

Friday 22 May '09

This summer, graphic novel lovers will be acquainted with a hotel at the end of the world—where travellers share their tales over rice and pork curry.
Old tales, new twists

Friday 22 May '09

If I had more time, I would have given serious thought to Moby Dick — being told from the point of view of the saddened and hunted whale...
Call of the wild

Friday 15 May '09

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar is off on another trip, this time to the Cannes Film Festival with his debut feature film The Forest.
Jeffrey Archer returns to city with a new book and style

Friday 15 May '09

The sense of déjà vu was inescapable. Once again, Lord Jeffrey Archer was at Landmark Bookstore in Mumbai.
Call of the wild

Thursday 14 May '09

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar is off on another trip, this time to the Cannes Film Festival with his debut feature film The Forest. Kumar had conceived this project...
Call of the wild

Wednesday 13 May '09

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar is off on another trip, this time to the Cannes Film Festival with his debut feature film The Forest.
Call of the wild

Tuesday 12 May '09

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar is off on another trip, this time to the Cannes Film Festival with his debut feature film The Forest.
Heat-busters

Sunday 3 May '09

This summer, graphic novel lovers will be acquainted with a hotel at the end of the world—where travellers share their tales over rice and pork curry.
Heat-busters

Saturday 2 May '09

This summer, graphic novel lovers will be acquainted with a hotel at the end of the world—where travellers share their tales over rice and pork curry.
Grand feat

Tuesday 21 April '09

Anger can be a potent force for success. Two years ago, an angry Mahesh Manjrekar scripted Mee Shivaji Raje Bhosle Boltoy.
Playtime

Friday 17 April '09

A prince from Planet BB88 is looking for answers to many riddles on Planet Earth. Enid Blyton’s Five Find-Outers and Dog are solving many mysteries during their school holidays.
Perfect blend

Monday 30 March '09

Despite both being dancers, Mitali and Raul D’Souza never wanted to come in the way of each other’s work.
Stage widens for Marathi heavyweights Elkunchwar and Alekar

Saturday 28 March '09

In the rare tribe called Indian playwrights, Mahesh Elkunchwar and Satish Alekar can be called chieftains.
Couple caper

Thursday 26 March '09

The dilemmas for Nilu and Anju—a married couple in their late 20s—remain the same even after over 20 shows of their play Matra Ratra.
Senior banker offers to be Mumbai’s CEO

Thursday 26 March '09

Meera H Sanyal, chairperson and country executive, ABN Amro, is on leave till May 15. The reason behind the leave application....
Keep a watch

Wednesday 25 March '09

This is a story about watchmen—not the pot-bellied ones we encounter at night at our buildings, snoring in their seats, but superheroes who keep a watch on mankind in a Cold War world in 1985 America.
Senior banker enters poll ring as citizens’ candidate

Wednesday 25 March '09

Meera H Sanyal, chairperson and country executive, ABN Amro, is on leave till May 15.
To be continued

Thursday 19 March '09

Margaret Mitchell wrapped up Gone with the Wind with Scarlet O’Hara hopeful of winning Rhett Butler back. Soon, the author was flooded with requests for a sequel.
Clown prince

Wednesday 18 March '09

It was as easy or difficult as when we, for the first time, did C for Clown nine years ago. Though I am still playing a clown, and with the same name, the structure and text are different...
To be continued

Wednesday 18 March '09

Margaret Mitchell wrapped up Gone with the Wind with Scarlet O’Hara hopeful of winning Rhett Butler back.
Mature concerns

Saturday 14 March '09

When Akarsh Khurana put the caveat-“Strictly for mature audiences”-on the poster of his newest play, Blackbird, he wasn’t worried whether this will keep a section of the audience at bay.
Desi cool

Tuesday 10 March '09

Till a year back, readers of Indian writing in English were deprived of a pleasure unlike their regional counterparts.
Pamuk takes city to an Ottoman coffee house

Friday 6 March '09

Before Orhan Pamuk reads out a chapter from My Name is Red, he asks the audience to shut their eyes and imagine.
Pamuk takes Mumbai to an Ottoman cafe

Friday 6 March '09

Before Orhan Pamuk reads out a chapter from his book My Name is Red, he asks the audience to close their eyes and imagine.
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