Blue. Like the blue films this anthology is a tribute to. Blue with all the excitement of the forbidden and darkened rooms. The revolution has come to books, and with a tad more aesthetic, erotica is slowly carving a niche of its own. Blue book cover. Suddenly, everybody’s writing
"Don’t judge a book by its cover," said one. "What's in a name?" asked another. Both statements may hold some weight in the philosophical sense, but I for one found it very difficult to follow their advice as I held the book Artist,
How does a television show based on a cult fantasy series become a mainstream success? By faithfully following the writer’s vision, not just in terms of the story and pace, but also in its tone. Game of Thrones, based on the first novel of George R. R. Martin’s
Airports are perhaps the most amusing locations to test your creativity. For people like me---and yes, I very presumptuously speak on behalf of all “people like me”, whoever they might be---who have to move around very frequently, we have to reinvent ourselves to adapt better and avoid previous mistakes. For
Noted astrophysicist, cosmologist, and popular science author, Carl Sagan ends his book The Dragons of Eden with the following lines: “The universe is elegant and intricate. We wrest secrets from nature by the most unlikely routes.” Even though the subject matter of the book deals with his speculations on the
She once said about poetry, “It’s like a message thrown into the ether, isn’t it? You hope it won’t be lost or broken. You hope it will reach someone who receives it with patience and gentleness." Anindita Sengupta is a careful poet, someone whose words never
Like many others, I have often felt that novels don’t really translate into good movies. Not always, anyway. We get the occasional jaw-droppers like the Lord of the Rings trilogy or The Silence of the Lambs where the movie version may surpass the original source material. There are some
I went for my first political rally this year in Noida, and the first thing that struck me was that most people present didn't know what Rahul Gandhi really looked like. Don't get me wrong, they had all seen him. Being one of the Gandhis in
Stories sometimes come to us in pieces, right? Without a beginning and an end, and suspended frustratingly in limbo between idea and realisation. Perhaps the reality is that only segments of stories are ours to tell, that the gaps must be filled by others. Even a complete novel is just
When you first come across a young girl begging for money in an underground station and contemplating suicide, your mind might travel at lightning speed to judge her as a junkie or a pregnant crack whore. Not much is thought about what else might lead a young girl---horribly young, if
There is a point during 'Confession', the seventh song on Sulk Station’s debut album Till You Appear, just before Rahul Giri’s dark flurry of beastly beats kick up in a seething drone, where Tanvi Rao’s tantalising voice stretches for the most ethereal of extra half-seconds.