22-August is celebrated as Madras Day. A tribute to the city I love.. The black cow is heavily pregnant. She walks into the lane where we live. Our 400 square feet box is the first house. With a large writing pad on my lap, I am sitting at the threshold. My pen is in mouth, ‘complex’ maths in […]
Perfect As Is…
When we look in the mirror, we often see flaws and sometimes perfection. What we see at times goes beyond the physical aspects to character traits or even how we feel about ourselves. There are those who obsess about the way they look and then there are some so unhappy with themselves that they need to constantly numb their senses to get through […]
“If the film is worth anything, it will find an audience”
Actor-director Rajat Kapoor contradicts the cliches of fame without saying a word.The three time National Award winner’s body of work speaks for him and also for his need to create content that does not necessarily conform to commercial stipulations. It is easy to see why in a star-driven business, it would be tough for an independent […]
At Last, Women Who Speak And Are Not Spoken For
A girl in a burkha (Plabita Borthakur in her breakout role as Rihanna) in search of a stairway to heaven and a Led Zeppelin high, wearing her real self like a shade of red on her lips, and then wiping it off to disappear into the dungeon like tailoring shop of her father where at the […]
Memories Of Doon’s Magical Monsoon
Moments of truth. Everybody has one or maybe several. So it is with times of inspiration. Everybody has that reference of sight, smell, sound, touch, feeling or piece of imagination that inspires. For me, one of the strongest times of inspiration is when the sky opens to pour its heart out in a manner unrestrained and unabashed. […]
7 Secrets To Becoming A Professional Travel Blogger
“How to become a professional travel blogger? Naturally, this is a right thought, because you cannot rush into a new adventure being unprepared. Understand that starting a travel blog is not difficult; it ‘s hard to develop it properly, and not to give it up after a couple of weeks because it turned out to […]
Left, Right and Centre
Penguin presents Left, Right and Centre, edited by Nidhi Razdan Nidhi Razdan’s Left, Right and Centre offers candid and freewheeling thoughts from the political standpoint of the left, right and centre. A confluence of thinkers, politicians, intellectuals, journalists, and academicians give their views on their idea of India. Is India overshadowed by a monologue? Is there space […]
No Strings Attached
`Me, too,` she said aloud.’ `Me too, what?` asked Samar lazily from behind her. She hadn’t heard him come into the room but now that familiar scent, part him and part something subtle from a designer bottle, drifted across to her, affecting her as it always did.’ HarperCollins present a romance, No Strings Attached by […]
Anniversary Edition: India After Gandhi
Pan Macmillan India is delighted to announce the release of the 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION of Ramachandra Guha’s bestseller, INDIA AFTER GANDHI- The History of the World’s Largest Democracy Published to coincide with seventy years of India’s independence. this updated and expanded edition is being released in two formats, a Collector’s Edition and a hardback. Launch Events: […]
365 Days Of Thirst
A prospect with promise. A gleam of hope for a better future. And then the shattering reality. This is not the story of just one man, but many like him who left their homelands to find hidden treasures in golden desert fill of mirages. Nikhil Ramteke’s debut novel ‘The 365 Days’ recounts a year of […]
Estranged
The blood they shed in your name in my name in our name runs in the veins of this country as the music of Baba Allauddin Abdul Kareem Khan saheb Amir Khusrau Ustad Amir Khan Begum Akhtar Ustad Bismillah Khan and so many who sang of Ram and Allah of your heart, my spirit […]
Bahadur- The First Ever Indian Superhero
Indrajal Comics (IJC) was launched by leading Indian publisher Bennett, Coleman & Co in March 1964. The first 32 issues contained Lee Falk’s The Phantom stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various King Features characters, including Mandrake and Flash Gordon. At Bennett, Coleman & Co the editor at that time was Anand Jain […]