What is it about food that makes it absolutely essential on every happy occasion? Has there been any birthday that has been celebrated without a cake? Or for that matter any wedding that has been commenced without a lavish spread of gourmet delicacies? Or any party that has been organised
Okay, so I have a Wodehouse hangover. Okay, so I don’t think anyone can replicate his brand of humour successfully enough to pass my hawk eye. Okay. So? That does not mean I can’t be pleasantly surprised once in a while, does it? The Goat, the Sofa and
Mumbai, 2010 · Photograph by Arun Kale
Prominent French filmmaker Olivier Assayas once remarked that "Any filmmaker trying to get into the texture of human relations ends up in Bergman territory. What I learned from Bergman is that you can explore human relationships with a certain level of brutality and crudity as long as you love
Fort Kochi, 2010 · Photograph by Aashim Tyagi
I was married to The Sandman for a good three months of my life. Neil Gaiman’s postmodern fable about the mythical character who is responsible for our dreams was my morning newspaper as well as my bedtime book; it was also my lunch partner and dinner date, and the
Has it ever struck you how much simpler your life would be if you dropped certain words and phrases, like “why”, “how”, and “what the fuck”, from your vocabulary? Extract these poisonous words from your life, throw them into a recyclable plastic bag and leave them to rot---and then pick
As far as webcomics go, Johnny Wander needs very little introduction. Started in September 2008, Johnny Wander is an autobiographical comic strip created by Yuko Ota and Ananth Panagariya. The strip takes a light-hearted, honest look at life after college, striking out on your own, and all the moments in