Thirteen writers explore five common themes of relationships, love, friendship, angst, and longing in this carefully compiled anthology. Urban Shots, as the title suggests, offers snapshots of Urban India. It lets you have 28 bite-sized glimpses of life as led today in our metropolitan cities, and encompasses almost every possible
Chanakya of the Mauryan dynasty, a prime minister in his time, is said to have remarked, “A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother, loves him in the day like a sister, and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.” It’s
Having seen and been considerably impressed by Sylvain Chomet’s previous film The Triplets of Belleville, I had great expectations from his latest offering. Its distinctive and lovingly rendered two-dimensional animation was the primary reason it caught my eye, and I’m glad to say that The Illusionist has got
An ensemble of historical writing, reflections, stories, poems, and extracts from other published work comes together to celebrate the Pearl of the Orient. The book will salvage the state’s history and complexity from its sun, sand, and surf image, but the vindication will only further reveal that there is
What do you feel when you’re an eager arts student and you land up at the Mecca of the arts in India---the India Art Summit? You’re completely awed, of course. Sheer, absolutely raw awe. The Summit featured almost one hundred of the most well-known galleries from all over
Twenty Onwards Media, the company responsible for bringing you the Golden Kela Awards, now presents India's first ever annual comics convention—Comic Con India 2011. India's first ever comics convention---Comic Con India 2011. The Con will take place at Dilli Haat in New Delhi on February
The winners of the 'Another Chance' contest held in January 2011 are Hitesh Ratnani (Mumbai), Vasundhara Yadav (New Delhi), Arnab Poddar (Bangalore), Kritika Kushwaha (Noida), Aseem Rastogi (Pune), Bhargavi Balachandran (Chennai), Piyush Shah (Mumbai), Shikher Chaudhary (Mumbai), Prashant Sehgal (Noida), and Richa Ramela (New Delhi). Hearty congratulations to
If you’re looking for a riveting storyline replete with carefully laid out plot embellishments and postmodern gimmicks, uh, look elsewhere. The Sunset Club doesn’t even have the semblance of a plot. And no, it does not bring you one step closer to unlocking the mysteries of life and
