Tuesday 4 November '08
In far simpler times, “literary” was followed by “criticism” rather than “agent”.Tuesday 28 October '08
Devdutt Pattanaik (in the picture) chuckled when I gaped at him in shock.Wednesday
22 October '08Chetan Bhagat did not consider himself an Indian author, cutting across masses, in the true sense of the term all this time.Thursday
16 October '08Not everyone quits a job to think up a story of a rickshawpuller’s son who writes letters to 'Mr Premier' Wen Jiabao over seven days.Monday
13 October '08Jeet Thayil mentions this Macaulay moment in poetry when W.B. Yeats, after praising Rabindranath Tagore much, revised his opinion and wrote to friend William Rothenstein, “Damn Tagore.Saturday
11 October '08Duleep Singh, the last maharaja of Punjab, comes alive, along with a host of other forgotten people in Navtej Sarna’s new novel The Exile (Penguin, Rs 450).Thursday
9 October '08The young man, a kind of Adonis, is dressed in rich robes and wears a crown of leaves. He gently looks down at a bunch of flowers in his hand as if to contemplate and compare his own beauty with that of the flowers.Wednesday
8 October '08Rita Ganguly sits gracefully in spite of the heat when we meet at the Terrace Café at Triveni Kala Sangam. Further, she shows no sign of hurrying up our chat for her afternoon flight to Mumbai, for the launch of her book on Begum Akhtar.Wednesday
8 October '08Jeet Thayil mentions this Macaulay moment in poetry when W.B. Yeats, after praising Rabindranath Tagore much, revised his opinion and wrote to friend William Rothenstein, “Damn Tagore.Tuesday
7 October '08Nikki Duggal detests the usual black laptop bags. Then she got creative with her loathing and came up with Woccow, a brand-new range of laptop bags that are to hit stores just in time for Diwali.Tuesday
7 October '08Rita Ganguly sits gracefully in spite of the heat when we meet at the Terrace Café at Triveni Kala Sangam. Further, she shows no sign of hurrying up our chat for her afternoon flight to Mumbai, for the launch of her book on Begum Akhtar.Tuesday
30 September '08Sculptor Ved Gupta’s little men wear wicked smiles and have sparkling eyes. Look again, and in the contours of their caricatured figures, you will find biting satire.Saturday
27 September '08Standing under a lonely spotlight, Arka Mukhopadhyay surveys his audience to find a few heads craning up from Retro Sushi’s plush black sofas.Friday
19 September '08Last night, I was reading an article about how all of India is now talking about sex.Thursday
18 September '08British Asian beatboxer Jason Singh’s first performance in India was not at a fancy auditorium and that suited him just fine. “In 2006, I was a tourist travelling around Jaipur.Sunday
14 September '08A thirtysomething’s search for a husband in Delhi can be so revealingThursday
11 September '08It’s not everyday that Wyclef Jean drops a line saying that he liked your music.Wednesday
10 September '08It is not everyday that Wyclef Jean says that he liked your music & when that happens, start praising the lord.Wednesday
10 September '08It’s not everyday that Wyclef Jean drops a line saying that he liked your music. And when Gaurav Dayal woke up to one of those days, he was over the moon.Wednesday
3 September '08Children’s author Deepa Agarwal’s Caravan to Tibet (Puffin) has been selected for the Honour List 2008 of the International Board on Books for Young People.Friday
15 August '08You wake up, turn the knob, carry the contraption to the bathroom and place it on the closed toilet seat. You shower to your favourite chartbuster.Sunday
13 July '08The indie music scene in the country is making the right noise. And the acts to watch out are from down south—in Trivandrum, Chennai and Bangalore. We listened in n anushree majumdarThursday
3 April '08Watching Chandalika last week at the India International Centre happened completely by accident.Tuesday
4 March '08There are some movies that define your life. Define almost every single emotion you could possibly feel.Thursday
14 February '08As a student at Delhi University, going back home was something I contemplated with a certain dread.
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