New Delhi, May 1 -- In 1941, Orson Welles made a film that became a classic-Citizen Kane. In 2026 we seem to be in the middle of another film, rather more dystopian. We can call it "Citizen Kaun". We... Read More
New Delhi, April 17 -- Around 2005 I walked into the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. I was a little nervous. I had after much back and forth with the organisers snagged a face-to-face interview with ... Read More
New Delhi, April 3 -- The first time I saw Chapal Bhaduri, it was hard to imagine him as a woman. A stocky man with a square face and thinning hair, dressed in kurta-pyjama, he looked quite avuncular.... Read More
New Delhi, March 21 -- Whenever people ask me what I miss about San Francisco, a city I lived in for many years, I have some ready answers. I miss the sushi at the Japanese restaurant I used to go to... Read More
New Delhi, March 7 -- At a literary festival in Shillong, a government official was dreaming big. He apologised that for many of the delegates it was a long slog to get to Shillong. They had to fly i... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- There have basically been three kinds of responses from the people whose names have popped up in the three million documents that are part of the Epstein files. "My interactions... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- At a literary festival, it's natural to talk about reviews. Recently at the Kolkata Literary Meet, Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri and Booker winner Kiran Desai were sharing the sta... Read More