It’s Time To Invite The Dead To Populate Our Novels
Sometimes, to grapple with the present we have to engage with the past. I don’t mean a rehash. (Woh to ho raha hai.) What I have......
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India General Elections 2019 - Some Thoughts
With BJP-led NDA sweeping the elections and having swept the Congress into the dumpster of history likely, people (such as myself) w......
4 Years Ago
Love’s Labour’s Lost, in India Today: Reflections on a Graduation, Politicians and Parents
Some years back, on holiday in Thailand, I intended to recuperate after finishing writing one book by spending days in a hammock on a ......
5 Years Ago
Swatantra Gantantra
When I was a child, 15 August and 26 January were like Siamese twins: lookalikes who were even otherwise indistinct; born like twins are, ......
5 Years Ago
Ladyz, gentlemen, mitron, lend me your ears... (With apologies to the Bard)
Ladyz, gentlemen, mitron, lend me your ears (arrey, kaan nahin kaatiye, bus suniye — I know we’ve got mighty handy with cutting of late) ......
5 Years Ago
The Unique Charm of Dimples & Fangs
I don’t recall when exactly I became aware of Shashi Kapoor, but like all lingering encounters, I remember the frisson I felt upon witness......
5 Years Ago
