There is this saying in Hindi: Yeh moonh aur masoor ki daal! I was reminded of it when I saw my interview on Ingmar Bergman in Sarah Buck...

A few years ago, India's crossover queen Aishwarya Rai made it to the cover of the Time magazine. In India, it was then considered a no...

These days, a political storm is blowing in India. The recent Tehelka expose on the Post-Godhra riots in Gujarat is the reason behind this s...

American film scholar Prof Ray Carney on the Hollywood system of filmmaking: Why are Hollywood movies so bad? The best way to answer the qu...

From James Lasdun writing in The Guardian on the Raymond Carver's-widow-pressing-to-have-his unedited-stories-published controversy: Li...

So, finally, the verdict is out. To the disappointment of many, Anne Enright's novel, The Gathering , has won this year's Booker: Ir...

To be a writer or an artist or a creater of anything with an aesthetic value attached to it is an act of faith. You just have to do it regar...

Do you care about Ingmar Bergman's work? Even if you don't (or you don't care about cinema at all), here's something that th...

Just as I was trying to absorb the sadness at the announcement of Silverfish New Writing's ceasing of publication, I stumbled across thi...

I generally avoid writing about my personal life in my blog but this time I think it is too relevant to ignore. This will also help clarify,...

Photo: Courtesy Lucy Cavender David Davidar is a rare creature. You can count on your fingers the number of top-notch publishers who are als...

Indian writing in English (IWE), however celebrated at home and abroad, rather than catching our eyes for the seriousness of theme and mater...

Can't wait to read J M Coetzee's novel, Diary of a bad year . I had read its first chapter in the NYRB sometime ago and I love the...

Qurratulain Hyder, one of Urdu literature's grandest writers, passed away on Monday night after prolonged illness. Unfortunately, the ne...

PATRICK FRATER writes in Variety : Warner Bros. on Tuesday unveiled its first India production, the action comedy "Made in China,"...

The Godfather , as is with so many others, remains one of my favourite movies. I have watched it many times, the first time on Doordarshan i...

Pankaj Mishra on one of India's vanishing cultures: Perhaps this dwindling of middle-class culture was inevitable, part of the price of...

Siddhartha Deb on India's soft power of literature . Read the intro of his piece; the history described there should not be forgotten: T...

James Kelman recalls his early days as a writer in The Guardian : The lack of working time was a continual source of stress, as it still is....

When acclaimed filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, died on July 30th, some remarkable obituaries were written in his memory. I love reading well-writ...