“I think I have a real difficulty in experiencing pleasure. I think that pleasure is a very difficult behaviour…and I must say that’s my dream. I would like and I hope I’ll die of an overdose of pleasure of
Writing in Saturday’s Indian Express, Delhi University professor and political commentator Apoorvanand expressed his disgust over the inability of our political leaders to grieve. It reveals, he wrote, “a critical absence in their humanity. People for them are an idea,
Comprising Ritesh D’Souza and Tara Mae, future bass electronic duo B.R.E.E.D performed for the very first time during the iconic Coachella festival this April. By all accounts, they made quite the impression. In keeping with firsts, they also released their
When we imagine how our favourite authors penned their greatest masterpieces, we often wonder about where they were. Did they seek solitude in a log cabin in the woods, or did they prefer the buzz of their local pub or
Once upon a time, Anup Singh and I started writing Qissa. At that time—that is, about ten years ago—the film seemed a distant mirage. This didn’t not deter us, however, from wanting to tell this tale about partition, uprootment and
On 8 March this year, this qafeteer found herself tagged in a Facebook status update by Srijit Ghosh, a 20-year-old budding architect, with no claim to fame whatsoever. Just a school friend’s son. Since I have his permission to quote
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Margarita With A Straw Director: Shonali Bose Starring: Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh Rating: 3/5 Early in Shonali Bose’s second film Margarita With A Straw—a decade after her celebrated 2005 debut, Amu—Laila, Kalki’s cerebral palsy-afflicted protagonist, writes a
Court Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Starring: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi, Usha Bane Rating: 4.5/5 The best moment in Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court comes during the denouement. Judge Sadavarte (Joshi) is sleeping on a bench one afternoon
Calcutta boy Devdan Chaudhuri’s debut novel was one of the six unpublished works chosen for the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize 2013. The novel follows the life of an unnamed male protagonist, who is referred to as “the poet”, from