For all its diversity, India bundles up many issues under the hood. In Gujarat, an officer’s family has to contend … More
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Bombay, meri jaan
It’s the city of opportunities; the financial capital; the land of migrants. The phrases fall woefully short of describing the … More
Nine Lives and a Summer Requiem
Nine Lives by William Dalrymple In a land where gods and goddesses abound as do their stories, Dalrymple’s search for … More
Small joys
It’s always about the simpler things in life with the boy from the hills. Of brushing off one’s shoes, encounters … More
Becoming a child at Kahani Tree
“Aaaaaaaaccchhhooooooooooooooooooooooooo” Blork! Bluurf! I seem to have caught Gajapati Kulapati’s cold. Just wait till I catch hold of that elephant … More
A bibliophile’s guide to the city’s bookstores
The last time I visited a bookstore (which was just last week), I sat down to read Neil Gaiman’s The View … More
Not on the same road
There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars Nothing behind me, everything ahead … More
The Illustrated Man
A man, inked all over, running from one place to the other to escape the horror of the stories … More
It all began…..
I think it all began with my grandmother telling me stories – fantasy stories, some with morals, some without at … More
Once upon a time….
Once upon a time there was a little kid and all that kid wanted was a story to read. He … More
To Mars and back
Would you believe it if I said I had just been to Mars? Yes, you heard right, the red planet … More
