Arrested Development

A short while ago, the only juvenile accused in the Delhi gang rape from December last year was found guilty. Continue reading →

The Portraits of Two Ladies

Apparently, the owners of The Times of India take great pride in the fact that the newspaper hasn’t had to Continue reading →

The hot mess that is journalism

Early-ish this morning, Twitter informed me that while I’d been frothing at the mouth about how awful a film Jobs is, a Continue reading →

Jobs

THE POLITE REACTION, ABOUT 25 MINUTES INTO JOBS, STARRING ASHTON KUTCHER THE LESS POLITE REACTION TO JOBS HOW I FELT BY Continue reading →

A Journalist’s Life

WHAT I HOPE I LOOK LIKE WHEN AN INTERVIEW GOES BADLY WHAT I’M ACTUALLY LIKE BEHIND THAT FAÇADE WHEN I Continue reading →

The Wind-Down Bird Chronicle

That is The Do-Nothing Machine, made by Charles and Ray Eames in the 1950s. It was solar-powered, made largely of Continue reading →

August and Nissim Ezekiel

Even now a host of miracles hurries me a daily business, minding the ways of the island as a good Continue reading →

Not Rowing My Boat

There’s a general consensus in India that an intellectual Bengali is perhaps the most insufferable, pretentious creature you’ll ever encounter. Continue reading →