The Idea of Illicit Love: Tales of Power, Politics and Patriarchy
The childlike scrawl, diligent correction of spelling errors and the tentative title ‘suicide note’ are more…
2012
The Emperors’ New Clothes
End of the affair Loot was largely presumed to be the catalyst in crystallizing the ruling…
The Idea of Simplicity
I cannot recall when I was first introduced to Prabhuddha Dasgupta’s work. I started photography quite…
Apple: Designed for Samsung
How much does it cost to carry out a campaign that puts your company on the…
Junk DNA Debunked?
Recent findings by ENCODE regarding Junk DNA has drastically reshaped our understanding of the genome and…
Lives of the Others
The growing popularity of movies about demonic possession, ever since The Exorcist, has firmly planted this genre…
Robert Vadra ki Haseen Duniya
Prologue: Raw materials: Scenes from the Satyajit Ray classic Shatranj Ke Khilari (based on the Premchand text),Rapunzel’s never ending…
The Black Story
“For some, coal means diamonds and gold. For others, the coal signifies bread. They go underground…
Not a Bridge too far
When we were students, the great journalist Sham Lal used to write that amazing column, ‘Life…
When the Leevee Breaks
Assam, as a state, has endured a severe battering this year. From the mass influx due…