Category Archives: rant
Why I’m afraid to watch The Great Gatsby
I confess that I had a shotgun reaction to the trailer of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. I hated it. Something felt so intensely wrong about it, although it had all the visual razzmatazz and glamour one associates with the … Continue reading
Falling to Pieces: Observations on Contemporary Indian Life in Sarnath Banerjee’s The Harappa Files
One of my pet peeves is people who harp on and on about how much progress India has made. Look at the number of shiny new malls we have! We have so many new flyovers – sometimes one flyover soaring … Continue reading
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What’s a woman to do? Thoughts on sexual harassment and Book #9 Sonia Faleiro’s Beautiful Thing
THERE are certain everyday occurrences that you, as a woman, probably never really pay attention to. They are, after all, as everyday as dal-rice. It could be the balding old uncle, respectably dressed for his government job, who just can’t … Continue reading
Inception: not quite what my dreams are made of
>OK, I know a lot of people luuurved Inception and take it as a testament of how brilliant Christopher Nolan is, but this movie left me distinctly unimpressed. I don’t think I could say it better than if I said … Continue reading
