New Delhi, June 20 -- I was introduced to the concept of "creepypasta", horror stories or threads circulated on the Internet, via Kane Parsons' YouTube series Backrooms (2022). The series followed the... Read More
New Delhi, June 12 -- The French-Iranian writer, artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, who died on 4 June at the age of 56, was known for pioneering graphic novels like Persepolis (2003) and Embroider... Read More
New Delhi, June 4 -- Last week, when I saw the news of the 91-year-old poet Bashir Badr's demise on TV, the Badr lines that sprung to mind involved television itself. "Dil chhalak uthaa, aankh bhar aa... Read More
New Delhi, May 31 -- Nearly 60 years ago, one of the most influential Hindi satirical novels was published-Shrilal Shukla's Raag Darbari (1968). Shukla, a former Provincial Civil Service officer worki... Read More
New Delhi, May 17 -- In the history of literature, several outstanding novels have captured the personal and societal challenges associated with upward mobility. Once a man could make his fortune thro... Read More