RIP

Two people told me on Wednesday, 26th December, that they were “raped out” and blamed the news media for it. Continue reading →

Protest

Saturday, December 22, was extraordinary. Six days ago, a young woman was gang raped in New Delhi. There’s no such Continue reading →

Happy Thursday to you too

All days should begin with discoveries like this. Have you seen Wrong Hands? No? Well, you should click to it Continue reading →

Pie in the Face

Of course it couldn’t last. Just when I’d got used to the hours and work, aided greatly by the realisation Continue reading →

Not-so-nasty Hobbitses

A smouldering dwarf. Who the hell thought a dwarf could smoulder? But in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield does, and how! Continue reading →

Private Moon

The first time I read this, it sounded like Leonid Tishkov needs to be kept away from vodka. “Private Moon” is Continue reading →

Sitar Hero

One good thing has come of Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro and heartbreaker extraordinaire, passing away yesterday. Usually there’s a Continue reading →

Ranjani Shettar: High Tide For A Blue Moon

There’s something vaguely embarrassing about catching a cold in Mumbai. The temperature has “dipped” and its 24C, but here I Continue reading →