Veena Venugopal is a journalist, blogger, and most recently the author of Would You Like Some Bread with That Book? (Yoda Press). She has a love of books and bookstore fantasies, and in her collection of 14 essays she looks back on her life through a few memorable books that
In the lawless Bihar of the 1990s, a pregnant woman is raped barbarously, and yet again, justice is not delivered. Tuhin Sinha’s latest novel---The Edge of Desire---accentuates the vices that prevail in the Indian government and the extent to which Indian politics and legal systems can be manipulated and
Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur is a powerful announcement of the man’s vision for making movies with heart and with humour. Replete with profanity, lechery, drugs, and dirty secrets, Gangs of Wasseypur is one of the most bad-ass movies ever to hit the 70mm in India. While the
Yes, we have all read them while growing up. Believed in the ‘happily ever after’s and, of course, wanted our fair share of adventures. While some walked past the realm with age, some, like me, decidedly stayed fixated with the fables and folklore and went on, right ahead, to
Is power something to strive for or is it just one of many tools necessary for our survival? To what extent do our responsibilities and obligations define us? The Householder, Amitabha Bagchi's second novel, sheds some light on these questions and more. Based in New Delhi, the novel
A whole city driven to the brink of extinction; amidst the chaos of ‘perceived justice’, one woman asks questions that no one seems to have the answers to; all leaving us with one thought: who deserves impeachment? In a country where industrialists are thought of as godsent, what happens when
Heineken Green Room is an initiative by the popular beer company to promote the discovery of new music. The event, first started in Singapore, aims to connect passionate music lovers with up-and-coming, groundbreaking artists by means of intimate performances and discussions around the music. Heineken Green Room is all set
Author Girish Kohli gave up a full-time corporate job to become a writer: a gamble that has paid him serious dividends, as the success of his debut novel Marathon Baba proves. Kohli, who is "trained in the science of fitness"---and has unfortunately just fractured a leg---spoke to
Where does one start when one undertakes the phenomenal task of philosophising about such fundamental questions as the origins of life and the nature of time itself? Should one commence at the beginning of time? The apocalyptic or dystopian end of life as we know it? Or does one appreciate
In one big sweep of generalisations, North Indians are often crucified for their singularly characteristic crassness: from peeing on roads, spitting on every available surface, to mouthing colourful abuses, ill treating their women, and expediting moral decay. At least that’s what the others say. In the 1980s, Dr. Ashish
