Reviews

Book Review: Chennaivaasi

T. S. Tirumurti sets the stage for a tale of duty, love, and family that spans across continents and generations.

Book Review: The Rhythm of Riddles

This translated collection of Byomkesh Bakshi mysteries is non-intrusive, mildly interesting—at times, pleasant—but ultimately tepid.

Book Review: How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded a Million Dollar Company

Varun Agarwal’s debut novel is not one that will appease critical eyes. Its charm lies in its sheer simplicity and the author’s easy, engaging style.

Book Review: The Edge of Desire

Tuhin Sinha’s latest novel—The Edge of Desire—accentuates the vices that prevail in the Indian government.

Film Review: Gangs of Wasseypur

Replete with profanity, lechery, drugs, and dirty secrets, Anurag Kashyap’s latest is one of the most bad-ass movies ever to hit the silver screen in India.

Book Review: Impeachment

Anjali Deshpande offers a scintillating take on one of the most tragic industrial accidents that the world has seen.

Book Review: Urban Shots (Series)

If you were to read stories about a regular day in your city, would they capture your interest long enough for you to reach the end?

CD Review: S.T.D.

Sridhar/Thayil are still one of the most eccentric, experimental, and unique bands in the Indian scene.

Film Review: Shame

Often nightmarish, Shame can be best described as a story about neurosis and dysfunction.

Book Review: Blue

With books such as the Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories from Sri Lanka, literary erotica is slowly carving a niche of its own in the Indian market.

Book Review: Artist, Undone

This is a book for those who enjoy glimpsing into the lives of others, watching from afar and analysing why they are the way they are.

Book Review: The Lost Story

Perhaps the reality is that only segments of stories are ours to tell, that the gaps must be filled by others.