Pause

Harold Pinter, playwright and political activist, died yesterday. Despite the cruelty of his plays, the man who emerged in his Continue reading →

Not for tourists

The things poor A.A. Gill has to do as contributing editor of Vanity Fair. Recently, he had to take a Continue reading →

Starring Amitav Ghosh

In March 2008, author Amitav Ghosh spoke at the Arab Writers’ League Conference in Cairo. The essay Confessions of  a Continue reading →

Open channel

I really wanted Aftermath to be the last time I referred to what is stupidly being called 26/11 (as if Continue reading →

No kidding

I woke up this morning to some loud and persistent baa-ing. Then, while stuck in traffic on my way to Continue reading →

Aftermath

Rumour has it that the last two days were holidays, a weekend even. For a lot of south Mumbai, however, Continue reading →