Recently I published two pieces: China a hit in Hollywood, Bollywood a flop (Asia Times Online) and Being Imrana (Chowk.com). If you read ...

The late Nirad C. Chaudhuri, who had shot to fame with his first book, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, used to call himself 'the...

I like stories about writers. They fascinate me and make me wonder about the writerly life. I think I have mentioned this so many times in m...

Pankaj Mishta has done a brilliant review of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's book, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Cu...

I saw two interesting films over the weekend. One was Merchant-Ivory Production's Remains of the Day. The other was Before Sunset. Remai...

American writer Ms. Evanovich, 62, has turned herself from a failing romance writer who once burned a box of rejection letters on her curb i...

There is this interestingly unusual interview with author Jonathan Safran Foer in The Morning News. Here are some words of wisdom from this...

I was quite amused by the news in today's NYT about the actor Sean Penn being in Teheran and working as a journalist. Let me quote from ...

Watch out Amis, McEwan and all the other big shots! Mr. Dhaliwal is here. Curious to know who this challenger is? In fact, I too became curi...

In Delhi, I used to see poor kids hawking magazines and newspapers like Free Ads at the crowded traffic signals. Delhi traffic is mad and ja...

There is an interesting story, How to make a book , that gives you an insider look into the book publishing industry. In the story, Oliver B...

In the big bad world of Bollywood, two titans have clashed or so it seems, from a recent interview published in Tehelka . Vidhu Vinod Chopra...

Some of the happiest people I know hardly ever read books. They did read books when they were in school or in college. But in their working ...

Guru Dutt's Pyaasa is one of my most favourite Hindi movies, along with his Kaaghaz ke Phool and Saheb Bibi Aur Ghulam. Now The Time has...

What is new in Indian writing? Amitava Kumar poses this question in an article in The Hindu. He asks: "How is newness to come into the...

When the cheap digital camcorders came into the market, everyone claimed that now anyone could make a movie. The medium became cheap, access...

Continuing with my passion for learning and exploring about the writing process, I came across this piece by Michael Chabon in The New York ...

So much happened while I was away... Sunil Dutt and Ismail Merchant passed away. I loved both these gentlemen. I loved Dutt for his being th...

I am doing this for Asya. She introduced this idea on her blog, and here it goes: How many books do you own? Must be nearing a thousand now!...

I am going away for about two weeks. Travelling again. Will miss you all but hope I will come back with interesting news!