Notes from the Underground
Amit Sengupta

Holy Smoke

Soon after Muni ki Reti at Rishikesh, the river disappears into the holy domesticity of the holy city. Up until this point, the water still shines, shimmering as it moves into the rocks, crosses its own hidden and fierce currents,

Notes from the Underground
Amit Sengupta

The Barkha Dutt Files

A blog reported this spoofy spooky satire, almost a sad story, what viewers saw with eyes wide open across the country: Live. Self righteous, pompous, pampered, audacious, thick-skinned. Live. The bitchy blog beautifully called it what it was: “A champagne

Notes from the Underground
Amit Sengupta

Thanda Matlab Plachimada

If you can sell social conscience, and you can sell it well, that’s a tempting marketing strategy. You can end up seducing and subverting it also, extremely nuanced and sensitive no doubt, but you can still be found out. Was