Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience
Detours: Songs of the Open Road Salil Tripathi Tranquebar Rs 695 | 372 pp Salil…
2016
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,…
Julie’s Heart
[S]itting in this dark room in Jaipur, beside a lamp that scatters light like stars from…
Broken News
As I write these lines (in late January, if you’re keeping track), a group of armed…
Searching for UN Sun
I The most popular musician of Shillong, UN Sun—rhymes with “Moon”, not “Sun”—is difficult to trace….