Indulge me as I get a bit nostalgic because, dear reader, I'm vacating this spot. Technically, I shouldn't get sniffly about this being my last column because now there'll be more time to work on the
It's not everyday that an extra from a Nagarjuna film has a solo exhibition in a posh, south Mumbai art gallery, but Nicola Durvasula is one such artist. Durvasula is a rare bird. Not because of her c
In Anju Dodiya's new show, Room for Erasures, there's a painting titled Pink Scream. In it, you see a woman, seated and wearing a pink robe. She's holding a paintbrush in one hand and the expression o
Ashwin Sanghi's new book, The Krishna Key, is basically a desi version of The Da Vinci Code. It begins with a murder, revolves around an ancient artefact that must be pieced togeth
The other day, I got an email from a friend suggesting I come to a gig by a post-punk electro-pop act called Sky Rabbit. Almost nothing in that sentence made sense to me even though I know the meaning
It's the newest innovation in the world of art, and everyone who has ever entered an art gallery is chattering about it. The QR code, so far seen only in mysterious and largely-incomprehensible advert
The National Commission for Women was set up in 1992 by the Government of India to tackle gender discrimination in the country. Who would ever have imagined that the NCW, with its mandate to advise th
To overwinter is to wait out the worst of winter. Generally, animals overwinter by either migrating or hibernating. In Ratika Kapur's debut novel, the protagonist Ketaki faces a winter of not just dis
In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, spending three days in a dark, confined space is a rite of passage for many great men. Jonah spent that time in the belly of a whale and emerged as a prophet. Jesus
He lives in London and meets people at posh restaurants. He drinks, jet-sets to places as diverse as Thimphu and New York. He sleeps around, breaks hearts, seals deals. He is entrusted with secrets an