“First, stomach.”
Notes from a talk by Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, about food and the philosophy it contained in ancient Hindu India at Tata Lit Live: Continue reading
Notes from a talk by Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, about food and the philosophy it contained in ancient Hindu India at Tata Lit Live: Continue reading
Warning: This is going to be a loooong and serious one. In Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Continue reading
Even now a host of miracles hurries me a daily business, minding the ways of the island as a good Continue reading
By the time I finished The Ocean At the End of the Lane, I wanted a cheese sandwich. Nothing exotic. Continue reading
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From an interview with Daniel Mendelsohn: Well critics are writers. I think that my point has been that critics are not just carrying Continue reading
Who knew cantankerous film reviewers could inspire a poem? Russian poet Kirill Medvedev calls them “schizocinephiles” in a poem that Continue reading
Since yesterday, when I heard about a senior journalist ‘going on a sabbatical’ — rubbish — I’ve had a passage Continue reading