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
“Killing must serve a purpose; otherwise it’s just plain murder.” ---Harry Morgan Is there anything I can say about Dexter Morgan that hasn’t already been said before? That he represents the darkness that resides in all of us, and that he embodies the rage we all feel when
Life has always inspired art and literature. Even the most imaginative book on aliens in outer space has some resonance with reality. But that’s talking about stretching reality to its extreme. What if the stories you were to read were about a regular day in your city? Would they
When you watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time, you convince yourself that the life of a gonzo journalist is perhaps one that is worth living. When you read Fear and Loathing, Hunter S. Thompson convinces you that you need to become one. But when you
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, first gave us the concepts of the ‘anima’ and the ‘animus’. According to Jung, each individual has both masculine and feminine components of the psyche. For a male the feminine component is the anima, and for a female it is the
Brought up as we supernatural junkies are, on a diet of Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris and, more recently, Stephenie Meyer, it’s a little difficult to believe that screen vampires weren’t always the attractive and beddable types. Watch Nosferatu, the 1922 German horror classic, and you’ll see vampires