Mahasweta Devi: Sabar Katha
In the aftermath of the Naxalbari uprising, the young female protagonist in the epical ‘Hajaar Chaurishir…
March, 2012
Rebel with a pause: The rugged landscape of Mahadevi Verma
“I have bathed the darkness Of many a night And washed the redness With the yellow…
The Last Faith
The River in my backyard and the ocean in my mind… Is Sufism the last faith…
The Last Hope
The month of January owes its name to Janus, a two-faced Roman God who is connected…
Dumbing Down the Indian Media and Khabar Lahariya
Over the last two decades, roughly coinciding with the period of economic liberalization, there has been…
The Last Sin
One wonders what Gordon Gekko would have thought about the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement. A minor…
Chandralekha: Rainbow on the roadside
Here’s a little detour. This isn’t a chronicle of a life or the retelling of a…
Figments of a Dirty imagination
Vidya…Vidya… and Vidya! There are 2 worlds. One before boombaat Silky Vidya and the one now…!…
The Girl with the dragon tattoo- How Fincher delivered again
The “feel-bad movie of the season” – that’s how one of the early trailers accurately advertised…
Why This Hullabaloo?
Never before in the history of independent India have so many once-influential politicians, businesspersons and bureaucrats…