The Animal Instinct

Vegetarianism is a topic I have spoken about, written about and done something about - when people ask me what difference one person could m...

J.K. Rowling and the Rape of Fantasy

(Spoiler Warning: Plot Revealed Below. Do not read this unless you have: a. Read the book b. Desire to lose the only motivation to persist w...

Chitrahaar: Songs that have become Films

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak , Daag – The Fire and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge started three different trends. QSQT was the first film to have ...

Trivial Fever

Down with fever, running nose and a heavy head. Missed office due to sickness after a really long time (probably five years or so). After pl...

Two Magicians

Finishing HP7 on Monday night (actually, Tuesday morning) means you are about the 1.6 millionth person to do so. And writing a post on it me...

The Books I Grew Up On... Part Three

This one started off with the intention of covering the three Rays. After 2500 words on the last one, I have shelved his father and grandfat...

The Books I Grew Up On... Part Two

Here is the second instalment on my favourite authors in Bengali. This one is about the stalwarts whose productive years preceded my reading...

Single in a Relationship

Your entire family's in a dilemma, and so are you. They're wondering whether you're seeing someone, whether you should be seeing...

Idiot Box: Memories from the 1980s

Religion is the opium of the masses – Karl Marx. Karl Marx did not know about Ekta Kapoor – Anonymous. There is one irrefutable fact about...

Hotel Freebies

Am just back from Agra. Yes, I must be the only person in the world who goes to Agra on work and gets single rooms with a Taj view! I deserv...

Christian Brothers: More Stereotypes from Bollywood

In Hindi films, there are good Muslims and bad Muslims. Post Kargil and 9/11, the fundamentalist Pakistani/Islamic terrorist became too lucr...

Seven: A Preview

One of my habits (started when I was a teenager) is to make lists of books that I wanted to buy. I keep a paper (much folded, scribbled and ...

Random Movies I Like: Benaam Badshah

On a summer afternoon in 1991, a friend from school (Krishanu) and I ventured out to Priya Cinema (next to Deshapriya Park in South Calcutta...

The Books I Grew Up On... Part One

This post is in partial response to Spaniard 's Nostalgia Challenge, to find out whether we would still enjoy books we read as children ...