Years ago, as a child in the pre-Y2K world, I remember being subjected to a whole lot of speculation as we inched closer to the end of the millennium. The world will end! Classrooms will be electronic! Books will be replaced by technology! All computers will be infected by viruses!
If you’ve been in and around Bangalore or Pune for the past few years, you might have already heard of Gowri Jayakumar. A regular girl with a nine-to-five job, Ms Jayakumar seemingly transforms into an alternate version of herself on the weekends: Gowri, alias Kozmi Cow, a songstress with
You’re wary of T. S. Tirumurti’s Chennaivaasi when you pick it up. The plot sounds like so many others: traditional south Indian couple strives to build a happier world for their children; sends son off to America, only to have him commit the biggest blasphemy a Tam-Brahm could---falling
The process of biological evolution proceeded at a snail’s pace at first. It took billions of years to evolve from the earliest single-celled animals to multicellular organisms but it took only a fraction of that time for prehistoric mammals to evolve into humans. And there are not a whole
Located in Khar, Bombay, Sanctum is a lifestyle store with a difference---it aims to bridge the gap between high-end luxury furniture, run-of-the-mill, everyday pieces, and those found at street stores, which more often than not are of dubious quality. This is owner Sandhya Gorthi’s second store, the first being
Giving up your own interests and most prized possessions for someone you love is the kind of selfless act that can define the very purpose of your existence. Shriram Iyer's debut novel Wings of Silence sheds some light on the significance of relationships and the act of giving.
What is the one state of mind that dominates your day? I suspect it’s the same as mine: boredom. There are a million things to do---articles to be written, clothes to be washed, meals to be cooked, and books to be read. If I tried I would find the
This is the golden era of the snapshot culture. Everyone has a camera and everyone takes pictures. But does a snapshot exist in a place where there is no time? If nothing changes, will taking a picture still be the same? How would it matter if you took the picture
It’s not an easy task to introduce Byomkesh Bakshi to the general reading public. As a publishing house and as a translator, you’d have to factor in the large number of fans Sarandindu Bandyopadhyay’s fictional detective already has; or even tougher, grapple with introducing such a cult
Anjum Hasan is arguably one of India's most talented contemporary writers. Her first novel, Lunatic in My Head, was short listed for the Crossword Book Award in 2007. Neti, Neti, her second novel (published in 2009), was long listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize and short listed
A few weeks ago, on the eve of turning 26, I spent a whole weekend gawking at the incredible artwork that unfolded in front of me. Whoever first said never judge a book by its cover had obviously not come across Craig Thompson’s masterpiece Habibi. Such is its brilliance