The Lost Generation, an account of dying professions

[ Did this review for Outlook magazine ] A s a cliché has it, many eras coexist in India – little wonder that recent iconography for the co...

Unhappy in other ways: how Hindi-film families changed (or did they?)

[ Did this piece for Open magazine . I’m not usually a fan of the medium-sized essay that tries to make sweeping statements about something ...

Coming soon, The Blueberry Hunt

Very pleased for Anup Kurian, whose film The Blueberry Hunt is releasing in selected halls on April 8, more than five years after it was co...

Imperfect photos, happy memories in Kapoor & Sons and 45 Years

[ My latest Mint Lounge column ] Broadly speaking, Shakun Batra’s Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) can be described as a well-paced drama-com...

An unfathomable fury: on Bhisham Sahni's (and Govind Nihalani's) Tamas

[ Did a version of this piece for Flipkart Stories ] In one of the quietest but most effective scenes in Govind Nihalani’s 1988 telefilm Tam...

'If a plumber said she had plumber's block, would you condone it?' - a Q&A with Jerry Pinto

[ Did this interview for Scroll ] Introduction : Earlier this month, Jerry Pinto’s 2012 novel Em and the Big Hoom was awarded the Windham-C...

Quotes from the bestseller machine

[ My latest Forbes Life column, with selections from the "Craft of the Bestseller" session I moderated at JLF this January ] If yo...