New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- I got choked up watching the Emmy Awards last week. Macaulay Culkin, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy were on stage to pay tribute to the late Catherine O'Hara. A wondrous comedienne ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- To lust is not the same as to want. We may desire several people, sometimes even simultaneously, yet remain in our senses. Lust is a different beast. Here the chemistry becomes ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- How do you solve a problem like Jeremy Clarkson? You give him a television show. On the BBC's Top Gear, Clarkson spent decades converting bluster into broadcasting. He has a bo... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The 20s feel like a superpower. When I look back on my mid-20s as a 40-something writer, I feel awestruck by the sheer recklessness and invincibility of those postgraduate years... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- It begins with Werner Herzog. Comedian Conan O'Brien visited India for his series Conan O'Brien Must Go, and the show kicks off with an unmistakable voiceover from the great fil... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- In 1950, Gulzar arrived in Mumbai. The 16-year-old had been put on the Frontier Mail from Delhi with strict instructions not to get off the train before he reached his destinatio... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Television shows used to have the decency to show up on time. I don't mean immediately, of course. Nobody is asking prestige television to work like a microwave dinner. Great sh... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Twenty five years ago, Keshav asked me to watch Dil Chahta Hai. It is a recommendation that sticks out vividly even today because that buddy who grew up abroad didn't watch Hindi... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- If you've watched Chak De India, avoid Ted Lasso. Shimit Amin's memorable 2007 film-currently streaming on Netflix-starred Shah Rukh Khan as a hockey coach leading a ragtag and u... Read More
New Delhi, July 28 -- Every now and then, the young remind us that we're alive. That history has a pulse. This may not always be loud. Sometimes it chants. Sometimes it laughs. Sometimes it simply re... Read More