How Germany never managed to build the bomb

Sunday 29 June '08

It was a coincidence and an educative one. As the political fires raged around the India-US nuclear deal...

Parents leave those kids alone

Sunday 15 June '08

In December last year, a documentary called Two Million Minutes was released on DVD in the United States.

Love thy neighbour and other lessons

Tuesday 3 June '08

It’s finally over and we can now go back to our normal lives between 8 pm and 11:30 pm (What were we doing at that time in our normal lives when there was no IPL? I have no recollection.

Murders I fell in love with

Sunday 1 June '08

Two men ring a bell. The householder opens the door. He is zapped with a stun gun.

Just mad about being bonkers

Sunday 18 May '08

There's a bold new civil rights movement gathering strength in the West.

Superstar and Everyman, why this Khan is king

Sunday 4 May '08

I have had many conversations with friends about this. As, I am sure, you would have had.

Target B-school, blind to the world

Sunday 20 April '08

For some years now, I have been interviewing candidates for admission to one of India’s top business schools.

Inside the books of James Lee Burke

Sunday 6 April '08

This is a shameless plug for an author who isn’t too popular in India, a man who I have never interacted with...

It’s tunnel vision on television

Sunday 23 March '08

I watch very little television. Not because I have anything against the medium, but because I rarely find anything on it to sustain my interest.

Those anonymous saints of the smile

Sunday 9 March '08

These last few days, I have been pondering one of the great mysteries of our times. And I can find no answers.

The art of making movies with the mind’s eye

Sunday 24 February '08

I have always been fascinated by the art of screenplay writing.

To boldly go where uncertainty leadeth us

Sunday 10 February '08

In the beginning, the explanation. This column is titled Hitch Hiker because I find a certain charming freedom in the concept of hitch hiking.

The King Is Not Dead

Thursday 27 December '07

The other day, surfing channels, I came across a programme called K For Kishore.

The Cheerful Warriors

Saturday 22 December '07

On Boxing Day, December 26, India starts its last and tenth test match of the year.

Say welcome to the Machine

Wednesday 7 November '07

Two monster movies are releasing this Friday, with ‘HIT’ in large purple neon signs written all over them.

Hamlet in the slips

Tuesday 30 October '07

But to be or not to be isn’t the question for Rahul Dravid. He has to be.

Remixing ourselves to death

Wednesday 10 October '07

Put on the television. It seems every line between seriousness and frivolity has been blurred, be it a political talk show or stand-up comedy

Defined by Dhoni

Thursday 20 September '07

This Ranchi boy’s ascent signals the arrival of small-town India in our metro-focused consciousness

Ram Gopal Varma ka private joke

Thursday 6 September '07

Yet another talentless remake. More evidence that we’ve lost the ability to be inspired by the old to newer and larger ways of seeing

Sandipan Deb:The Way We Are

Wednesday 15 August '07

Sixty years after freedom at midnight, India seems poised to have a bigger role in the world than it has ever had. And much of it is because of the way we Indians think

Poor, privileged boy

Thursday 2 August '07

Empathise with Sanjay Dutt. Don’t forget his advantages. Then think of those ‘wronged’ whom you never saw

Gained in translation

Tuesday 27 February '07

This year’s Oscars celebrate talent across ethnicities

Ganguly — a Bengali?

Monday 22 January '07

When Sourav fights, he never loses the big picture

Banal and sickeningly simple

Tuesday 2 January '07

Evil is an inherent truth of human life. But need apathy complement it?

Having a ball and spinning it

Saturday 23 December '06

There are great players, and there are geniuses, and then there are geniuses who are also characters.