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
New Delhi, July 24 -- Odysseus was vain. The hero of Greek myth was an egotistical warrior obsessed with glory, a trickster with an irresponsible love for his own byline. Never regarded the finest fi... Read More
New Delhi, July 16 -- Twenty-five years ago, one guy put another guy's stapler in jelly. As practical jokes go, it's a good one, even if one doesn't expect it to change the very face of television st... Read More
New Delhi, July 10 -- I can't remember starting a column with a confession, but here goes. I've tried to write this piece for days, and I believe its curse can only be lifted after I tell you that I t... Read More
New Delhi, July 3 -- Sometimes it's hard to figure out who a show is for. Pritam and Pedro, a new buddy-cop series (on JioHotstar) produced, written and edited by Rajkumar Hirani, feels so elementary... Read More
New Delhi, June 24 -- Netflix's biggest show is not on Netflix. This week Netflix, a brand that insists on bright-red exclusivity for its streaming content, put out an episode of India's Got Latent a... Read More
New Delhi, June 19 -- If I was in a gang, I'd want Poorna Jagannathan to run it. The Delhi Belly actor is in sensational form in Deli Boys (JioHotstar) as the badass "aunty" in charge of a criminal e... Read More
New Delhi, June 13 -- My drinking partner has not been drinking. This should not affect me an ounce, given that I've been off the sauce for a decade, but the very fact that she isn't having a negroni ... Read More
New Delhi, June 5 -- "It's just a migraine," says the private investigator, touching his hand to the back of his neck as images flood in and out. Are these actual premonitions of danger-part of a heig... Read More
New Delhi, May 29 -- In a recent interview that I loved, the podcaster David Perrell asked the novelist Yann Martel whether he has ever used AI in order to write. "Why would I?", Martel counters, righ... Read More