This is the last Left of Cool I am writing — if not ever, then at least for a very long time.
A quick explanation: it's been great fun writing about offbeat books, but beyond a point, you run out o
Every now and then, the parts of India that lie north of Hebbal flyover discover Tamil pop culture. The most recent manifestation was Why this kolaveri di, which has gone so impressively far into the
This column has talked about Neal Stephenson's books earlier, often descending to naked fanboyism in the process. This week, it will do so one last time — with the first book that made Stephenson fa
Fans of the bizarre in all its manifestations are probably familiar with parody musician Weird Al Yankovic, whose singles include Star Wars-themed parodies of American Pie and The Kink's Lola. Perform
About four months ago, this column had looked at Baroness Emma Orczy's The Old Man in the Corner and mentioned that she was much better known for The Scarlet Pimpernel (and its less famous sequels).
Talking about Madhulika Liddle's Engraved in Stone in greater detail and depth than a simple "I liked it" or "I disliked it" (just to make it clear, I liked it a lot) requires first dismantling the bo
Zac O'Yeah's Mr Majestic: the Tout of Bengaluru comes with two blurbs on the back cover. One calls it "quirky, amusing, and teeming with unforgettable characters." This is true. The other blurb calls
In the last few months, Indian reviewers have been expressing thankfulness for a spate of books — Aman Sethi's A Free Man, Katherine Boo's Beyond the Beautiful Forevers — that stay away from grand
When the Iraq War first started to go wrong for the United States-led coalition, Donald Rumsfeld tried to explain the problems the alliance was facing with his famous aphorism about unknown unknowns.
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