Jabberwock

Last week saw another solidly conducted pub quiz by whysoQrious (Adittya Nath Mubaiyi and Mudita Chauhan-Mubayi), this being the inaugural (...

A few weeks ago I had a very good time watching the 1948 noir Sorry, Wrong Number (adapted from a successful radio play by Lucille Fletcher)...

Fin de Cinema . The end of cinema. Here is Jean-Luc Godard (as played by Guillaume Marbeck) in the last scene of Richard Linklater’s Nouvell...

Images from the Qila Rai Pithora complex: both the park, which has been a favourite walking space for me for around 15 years (it’s a five-mi...

(My latest Economic Times column. I only touch briefly here on the haunting Train Dreams, which is probably my favourite of the award-season...

I had a tremendous time at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary (Keoladeo National Park) over the weekend – thanks largely to the company and guidan...

Much to unpack after watching Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet last night (followed by some stimulating discussion today with friends on my film groups)...

(I have written a lot about Sholay over the years – more than I ever should have – but when Frontline magazine asked me to do a piece for t...

Arunava Sinha celebrated his 100th book as a translator recently, a staggering achievement even for someone whose work ethic many of us hav...

I made a very brief trip to Calcutta, mainly to attend my friend Shamya’s sessions around the Ritwik Ghatak book at the Kolkata Literary Me...

(From my occasional sharing of a few things I had only put on Instagram and/or FB earlier) Jantar Mantar was buzzing on the afternoon of Jan...