India, Oct. 18 -- Clearing out a cupboard the other day, I discovered a shelf full of empty tins I'd forgotten about. As I piled them up with a growing sense of alarm, I realised they were just the ti... Read More
India, Oct. 17 -- Clearing out a cupboard the other day, I discovered a shelf full of empty tins I'd forgotten about. As I piled them up with a growing sense of alarm, I realised they were just the ti... Read More
India, Sept. 20 -- I've been looking at the '80s throwbacks, of what people looked like or might have looked like then, and it's been fun to see the big hair, vivid makeup and padded shoulders. But I ... Read More
India, Sept. 18 -- I've been looking at the '80s throwbacks, of what people looked like or might have looked like then, and it's been fun to see the big hair, vivid makeup and padded shoulders. But I ... Read More
India, Aug. 22 -- In these days of doomscrolling, I often crave a short story or novel that will warm the heart. If I can't find one from recent times, fiction often being as gloomy as the times it's... Read More
India, July 25 -- The success of the Hindi film Main Vaapas Aaunga, now in theatres, featuring Naseeruddin Shah and Diljit Dosanjh, has everyone talking about Partition-era literature again. Familiar ... Read More