New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- How do you solve a problem like Jeremy Clarkson? You give him a television show. On the BBC's Top Gear, Clarkson spent decades converting bluster into broadcasting. He has a bo... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The 20s feel like a superpower. When I look back on my mid-20s as a 40-something writer, I feel awestruck by the sheer recklessness and invincibility of those postgraduate years... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- It begins with Werner Herzog. Comedian Conan O'Brien visited India for his series Conan O'Brien Must Go, and the show kicks off with an unmistakable voiceover from the great fil... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- In 1950, Gulzar arrived in Mumbai. The 16-year-old had been put on the Frontier Mail from Delhi with strict instructions not to get off the train before he reached his destinatio... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Television shows used to have the decency to show up on time. I don't mean immediately, of course. Nobody is asking prestige television to work like a microwave dinner. Great sh... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Twenty five years ago, Keshav asked me to watch Dil Chahta Hai. It is a recommendation that sticks out vividly even today because that buddy who grew up abroad didn't watch Hindi... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- If you've watched Chak De India, avoid Ted Lasso. Shimit Amin's memorable 2007 film-currently streaming on Netflix-starred Shah Rukh Khan as a hockey coach leading a ragtag and u... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- Every now and then, the young remind us that we're alive. That history has a pulse. This may not always be loud. Sometimes it chants. Sometimes it laughs. Sometimes it simply re... Read More
New Delhi, July 24 -- Odysseus was vain. The hero of Greek myth was an egotistical warrior obsessed with glory, a trickster with an irresponsible love for his own byline. Never regarded the finest fi... Read More
New Delhi, July 16 -- Twenty-five years ago, one guy put another guy's stapler in jelly. As practical jokes go, it's a good one, even if one doesn't expect it to change the very face of television st... Read More