The phrase that has come to signify the ultimate betrayal bears close resemblance to another momentous one-liner: "Elementary, my dear Watson". The likeness lies in the fact that in all the four novels and 56 short stories penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, these words were never uttered
He’s a household name; every third person on the metro is clutching his new book; his Twitter has 550,000-odd followers and they’ve begun selling his books in box sets. Even I’ve read four out of his five books---mostly out of curiosity. His books have a formula
They already have a term for it: 'traffic-lagged'. Since most of us cannot afford air travel, the aspirational-sounding 'traffic-lagged' is all we can get. We have all heard of, experienced, condemned, and practised road rage. Now meet its dysfunctional spouse, traffic lag. Fatigue, frustration, rage, and
Twenty Onwards Media, the organisation responsible for bringing you the Golden Kela Awards and the first ever annual Comic Con India, is currently hosting the first ever Comic Con Express in Mumbai. Comic Con Express will take place on October 22 and 23, 2011 at the World Trade Center, Cuffe
“You know your Lakshman rekha. Don’t cross it.”Er, mom. Where exactly are the boundaries again? Spell it out, will you? Any Indian (Hindu) woman growing up will attest to being subjected to this refrain. The meaning of the Lakshmanrekha of course, depended on how 'liberal' one’
There were no streetlights. A feeble beam from my torch revealed rough-hewn stone steps that fell off the edge of the road into blackness. Some distance below, a glow from a doorway silhouetted a tall woman holding onto an excitable puppy. She waved, "Come on down and hold onto
Produced by Babble Fish Productions, The Dewarists is a new T.V. series in a documentary/travelogue format that puts together musicians “from all walks of life”. The show follows their journey through beautiful locations across India as they collaborate to compose new songs that are reflective of the sights
Musician Stefan Kaye loves tofu, politeness, and purring kittens. He dislikes big nylon tan-coloured knickers, meat, and car horns. Winner of a Rolling Stone Jack Daniel’s Rock Award two years in a row, he is the founder member and keyboardist of the ska/punk band the Ska Vengers. He
Having made his mark as the drummer of Zero all those years ago, Sidd Coutto moved on as the vocalist of the cult-status and, well, fun band Helga's Fun Castle. After a third project in the lauded Bombay band Tough on Tobacco, Sidd finally takes things down a
Older forms of entertainment like folk theatre/jatra/natak were eventually overshadowed by cinema, but now a new kind of "theatre" is knocking on Bollywood's door. Stand-up comedy sets up an intimate dialogue with the audience, like a lot of old folk theatre, and is the
The last time I wrote an article, I was sure the reader was going to be, well, reading it. It's kind of obvious that I would assume the same this time around, right?Wrong! This time around, you could be reading this article or having it read to
When I started my Ph.D., I thought I had clear ideas. I was going to understand water scarcity and how it affected farmers. I was going to try and figure out why the crores of rupees the Indian government spent on water management programmes across the nation were yielding