Shubha Vedula
Shubha Vedula on being among the top 40 finalists in <i>American Idol</i>, and why music will always be her first love.
Waxing Sapphic Gently
Of couples who can look you in the eye and say, yes, I’mlesbian, and proud of it
Wish You Many, Many Jollofs
At this African dhaba in a south Delhi skinny alley, the food positively emanates the flavours of comfort and homecoming.
The Walled City Isn’t The Old One
The lack of public spaces, the gated communities, the norms of collective living elude us. And then we talk of our unhinged free-floaters.
Just Dumb Charades
With The Scion hedging on, and leaders talking in different voices, drift prevails
Their New House Rules
A pathetic Musharraf visits courts, attracts scorn as an irrelevance in a changed Pakistan
The Crab And The Patent
The SC ruling on Novartis’s cancer drug Glivec makes things just a bit easier for poor patients
“A Telephone Call Can Change Things”
Chairman of the FSLRC says that the new system will shake up the existing regulators
Arabia Has A Departure Lounge Too
Saudi’s ‘nitaqat’ policy on jobs for locals spreads panic among the Indian diaspora
Bibliofile
A spanking new bookstore in the heart of Delhi. And who's the only non-American author to have written a completely American novel, again?
And Those Years Of Verse
Not a single dull moment. Gulzar sparkles, he muses, and he explains and recites.... And at the end of it, the reader has had an insight into his mind.
Chandrabhaga’s Quiet Waters
Two major Oriya-English poets measure memories, griefs, personal landscapes and the world in cadences of beauty
Chashme Buddoor (1981)
The acting is great and pace unhurried. But what you notice most are the small things. Joy forever.
N. Srinivasan
It was a double blessing, we had to ban the Sri Lankan players in Chennai. We gained everything and lost nothing.
Singapore Diary
I felt I was passing through a gigantic mall. The city was an extension of the airport. Consumerism feeds nationalism