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Another Feather in Her Cap
I first came across Tishani Doshi in an issue of Vogue India, where she did a feature on wearing pink. I read the feature, looked at her beautiful face, checked out the clothes she wore, and moved on to the next page---not much of a first encounter. Recently, I came
CD Review: Grey Oceans
It’s difficult to come to a consensus on a CocoRosie album. Their music has a tendency to oscillate between unbearable pretension and spine-chilling beauty---a strange mixture of sounds, beats, and usually unintelligible vocals that leaves a decidedly heady but inconclusive aftertaste. On their fourth offering Grey Oceans (and their
Book Review: The Thing About Thugs
Whenever history is reconstructed in fiction, its authenticity is invariably questionable. Author Tabish Khair, being aware of that, clarifies his stance in the very beginning by stating that “any story worth retelling is a true story”. This being established, the reader can put all doubts to rest and get ready
CD Review: The Final Frontier
Iron Maiden. The Final Frontier. I could really stop this review right here. The gods return with (yet) another album, and honestly, after their brilliant last effort, I was beginning to wonder if they should have, believing that Ed Force One had peaked. It only took me a few minutes
At Least They Got the Address Right
So much for doing a Miller 'trilogy’ and ending it with a big bang. I thought I would write about The Spirit, a comic book (and movie) that I seem to be fond of for some strange reason… As you probably realise, ladies and gentlemen, that did not happen.
The Tap #12
The New Tube Order
Get rid of your old television sets, the Internet is where it's at. The P-Man Show, produced by Babble Fish Productions, is one of India's first made-for-Internet reality shows. Now in its second season, the show has gathered a considerable online following over the past year
No Love Lost
Saraswati Park is author Anjali Joseph's debut novel. Shortlisted for the Amazon Rising Stars 2010 Award, the book, which is about "love and loss and the noise in our heads", is widely being hailed as one of the best debut novels by an Indian author. We
The Rainy Day Chicken
It has been pouring for hours and I've just come home after a long day of work. I'm drenched from head to toe. Needless to say, I am really not in the best of moods. I am hungry. What I want is something simple (but filling)
Oxford English Dictionary Will Not Be Printed Again
Alastair Jamieson reports in The Telegraph--- "Sales of the third edition of the vast tome have fallen due to the increasing popularity of online alternatives, according to its publisher. "A team of 80 lexicographers has been working on the third edition of the OED – known as OED3 – for
Khublai Shibhon, Sohra
The aftermath of the Sohra episode was hilarious disaster. All involved parties were doing the duck-walk for three days, and grumbling at the slightest prospect of movement. But let’s start at the beginning. Completely unaware of what was in store for us, our arrival at the (once) rainiest place