Paolo Bacigalupi, veteran science fiction writer talks about his award winning novel ‘Windup Girl’, his Indian connection and clears up some mainstream misconceptions about science fiction. You had four novels rejected before Windup, and still had the willpower to
It was February 2011. Two lovers committed suicide. Their bodies were retrieved from the fields of Nandigram. They remained unclaimed in a morgue in Tamluk. Two girls who had loved each other… Swapna and Sucheta… Swapna who was the sole
Leila Seth talks about the judiciary, men, women and of course the Preamble. You were a lawyer, and I had also read in an interview, where you stated that you like to do things in order. So, are you
What are your thoughts on the Indian Judiciary? Judicial reform has long been delayed in this country. First and foremost, we need to fill up the vacancies that exist in the lower courts. I mentioned to you earlier that there
Modelling or Acting, what comes more naturally to you I feel modelling for anything, be it ramp shows, TVC’s or any other medium requires acting so, yes in a way acting has always been a part of me and comes
From the golden era of Windies Cricket and the Caribbean Revolution in Fire in Babylon, to recording the music of the Bosnian conflict to answering who saves James Bond, Stevan Riley has fused history and drama to bring to us
Be it the searing Drohkaal or the complex Drishti, Govind Nihalani has dealt with diverse subject. One of the leading lights of the New Wave talks about the animation genre, the power of melodrama, his influences and more. You
3 years down the release of Peepli Live, what kind of a life does it have? Quite a life actually because people are still watching the film, you know. A lot of reactions don’t come to me directly because people don’t know
Analysing music, especially scores can be, sort of dull. But when you are talking to the man who composed music for films like Little Miss Sunshine,The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,The Boondock Saints, Monsoon Wedding; you know you are digging into a refined
Khushwant Singh, your uncle, has left his indelible mark as a writer. Your husband has turned into an author too. Considering your background in plays, are there any plans of writing a book yet? Firstly, you can’t speak about Khushwant