Happy New Year

At precisely one minute to midnight, on New Year’s Eve, this song starts to resound in the street: And so, Continue reading →

Ravi Varma Remixed

I made most of these years ago — before I knew of “memes” and what not — and someone reminded me Continue reading →

Let The Right One In

The poster for the upcoming Bollywood film Mary Kom is out. We don’t really do biopics or care about any sport Continue reading →

Cops and Smokers

There’s a word in Bengali, mejaj. It’s one of those words that’s annoyingly difficult to translate. In English, depending upon how Continue reading →

Tourist ahoy

One of the most comforting things about being a tourist in New York is that it’s a city full of Continue reading →

Why didn’t Sirius cross the road?

Find out in part four. Bonus points if you can figure out the book titles that have inspired (most of) Continue reading →

More Sirius

The Magnificent Amboli launched at Sirius and stuffed Sirius’s mouth with mangoes that seemed to have appeared out of her, Continue reading →

Sirius’s Bombay dreams continue

Part two is up, and it has the Mirror of Erised. I apologise for the featured image on top. It’s Continue reading →