Eating soup in Macaulay’s parlour

The day before the Supreme Court was to review the ruling on Section 377, I was at the Kolkata Lit Continue reading →

I is Back

WHEN I WALK OFF THE PLANE AND INTO KOLKATA AIRPORT WHEN I’M (FINALLY) LEAVING CALCUTTA, WHETHER AFTER TWO DAYS OR Continue reading →

It’s Gif Time Again

HOW MAMATA BANERJEE, CHIEF MINISTER OF BENGAL, SEES HERSELF (If you want to know more about “Mhysa”, click on the Continue reading →

Break’s Up

I must confess, by the time I was about three days away from my flight back to Mumbai, there was Continue reading →

The Blue Guitar in Calcutta

It’s about to be one of these entirely surreal Kolkata-in-winter Sundays. Derby in the morning, darling, I was informed. This Continue reading →

Mother = Lunatic

It’s official: my mother has gone entirely insane. I was in Kolkata for a night and over dinner, I told Continue reading →

Faithfully Yours

After watching “The Tree of Life“, three friends and I met to gush about the film to the accompaniment of Continue reading →

Electric Feel

Any of you in India who are regular TV watchers have probably seen this ad already so this is old Continue reading →