The Day Fascism Came Knocking
The Kanobis—as the inveterate punster in me insists on calling OB vans—start at Thana Crossing, near…
February, 2016
Let the past burn in our hearts
This is probably the first time I am being cajoled into writing an article on a…
Confronting her Freudian Fate?
On a midsummer morning in 2011, when I was fifteen, two national newspapers carried, on their…
Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience
Detours: Songs of the Open Road Salil Tripathi Tranquebar Rs 695 | 372 pp Salil…
Heaven and Hell
Fitoor Director: Abhishek Kapoor Starring: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Rahul Bhat, Akshay Oberoi Rating:…
Loveless Sociopath—Or Bust
Humans have a penchant for anthropomorphising things. We encounter something that resembles one basic feature of…
Ella’s Song
I Mala had offended a real, live homosexual. A fledgling with a half-ripe voice whose name was…
Wordly Wise
On the day the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its 2016 Oscar nominees,…
Love’s Story
I sit here alone. I’m on a park bench and the skies are blue. I’m supposed…
Voices from Beyond and Within: In Memoriam
Almost a decade ago, when Professor Ganesh Devy first thought of a gathering of indigenous peoples,…