The Return of the Icons

So, here I am - with the second instalment of iconic food joints across the country. There was a mild frisson of controversy over the first ...

Secret Diary: Sreesanth ko aansoo kyon aatey hain?

(Published in Sify.com on 25 February 2011, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/sports/Secret-diary-Sreesanth-ko-aansoo-kyon-aati-hai-imagega...

Fourth Umpire: The World Cup is 'Fixed'

(Published in Sify.com on 23 February 2011, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/sports/the-world-cup-is-fixed-news-columns-lcxl55bdfec.html )...

Will We Have a Budget for the Middle-Classes?

(Published in Sify.com on 25 February 2011, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/news/will-we-have-a-budget-for-the-middle-classes-news-column...

Of Liming, Porknocking and Lara's Batty-ing

(Published in I-Witness, The New Indian Express, on February 20, 2011 as 'From the Guyana End') (Photos Courtesy: Rahul Bhattacharya...

Why India Can't Pull off a Mubarak

(Published on Sify.com on 17 February 2011, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/news/why-india-can-t-pull-off-a-mubarak-news-columns-lcrp2Kbg...

The Allure of Mayawati's Feet

(Published in Sify on 10 February, 2011, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/news/the-allure-of-mayawati-s-feet-news-columns-lckpoFcaehc.html...

Random Movies I Like: Tezaab (is Acid)

This post is dedicated to my first - and last - filmi crush, Madhuri Dixit.  And to the man who shared it with me - birthday boy, Nilendu Mi...

Of Sonia, Cadbury's and Latrine Born

(Published as 'A Provocative Book No Indian Could Have Written' in I-Witness, The New Indian Express, dated 6th February, 2011) (Ima...

Why Nithyananda, Karunanidhi and Dalrymple Deserve Padmas

(Published in Sify.com, on February 3, retrieved from http://www.sify.com/news/A-wish-list-of-Padma-awardees-imagegallery-National-lccwiffii...