Main Tera Hero
Gets way too random and hit and miss. Doesn’t feel fresh enough and lacks the vital spark.
Dry Thoughts In A Dry Season
There’s no enthusiasm for the elections in this region, deadened by years of hardship
Nearing Port, There’s No Abandoning Ship
Let us not expect Modi to relinquish his ideological roots. The BJP’s poll manifesto points to the limits of his flexibility.
Minutiae
It’s election season and authors are busy churning out books to sate the public’s need to understand the Great Indian Political Circus. A selection
Independents’ Day, Is It?
Once of the BJP, they are now against the BJP. And therefore their worst enemy.
Heat Of Life In A Handful Of Dust
Disaffected youngsters are responding to hopelessness in ways politicos can’t fathom
With An Oven-Sized Oomph
Nico Bombay is a worthy addition to Mumbai’s buzzy, busy art and culture district
Bibliofile
Narendra Modi's poetry, Penguin HQ shifts to Haryana, and Jhumpa Lahiri’s <i>The Lowlands</i>, shortlisted for the Orange Prize
From Malabar To Dutch Galle
Nair brilliantly captures the music of many tongues as she traverses the different terrains.
Tale That Only Connects
A novel about Forster details the painful gestation of <i>A Passage To India</i> and the unrequited love at its beating heart
Pooja Dhingra
The owner of Le 15 Patisserie and Studio Fifteen Culinary Centre in Mumbai talks about her <i>The Big Book of Treats</i>.
Hema Malini
All filmstars keep secret diaries but mine is different. Being a Dream Girl, I use it only when I have dreams.
Kalimpong Diary
People still sniff with indignation at Nehru’s remark that the town was a “nest of spies”