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Coastal food at its best
Indiranagar is bustling with eateries serving different cuisines for different budgets. Tucked away near the BDA complex here, there is a small restaurant called Curry Meen. Just a year-and-a-half into...
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Much to talk about
Given the traffic snarls, patchy tarring and prominent potholes, one would assume that Bangalore's roads aren't the best place to hold a conversation. The surprising thing, though, is that this is...
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'I was once a sighted cricketer'
The City has been playing host to the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup, where nine countries from across the world are participating in the prestigious tournament to take home the Cup. For our nation's...
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Face to face with sheer neglect
Nearly every monsoon, one hears of incidents of people falling into open drains. Yet, nothing is being done about this problem. There is a hue and cry for a while but after that, the fuss dies down and...
View ArticleBoy meets monster, all ends well
Hotel TransylvaniaEnglish (U/A) Cast: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin JamesDirector: Genndy Tartakovsky In the new animated feature, Hotel Transylvania, Count Dracula is the doting...
View ArticleCaught in the swirl of politics, love
Prem Adda Kannada (U/A)Director: Mahesh BabuCast: Prem, Murali Krishna, Kruti Kharbanda and othersGullible youth falling for the charms of heroes, mostly politicians, is nothing new for cinema, may be...
View ArticleWay off the playground
Khiladi786Hindi (U)Cast: Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh ReshammiyaDirector: Ashish R MohanAkshay can't find a bride. Asin can't find a groom. Blame it on the gene pool, or rather, goon pool. Both come from...
View ArticleSeat of serenity
To my uneducated mind, the visuals of Dharmashala were filled with colours of red and white and maroon, the hues of Tibetan monks' robe. But what greeted me was a very different scene indeed. Nestled...
View ArticleRelics from antiquity
"People visit Greece more to see its past than present," says a local tour operator in Athens. It's perhaps a fair statement, not because of the stains from the nation's present economic turmoil, but...
View ArticleLand of the Kurumbas
At Kurumbadi in the Nilgiris, Gustasp and Jeroo Irani dip themselves into a lost tribal lifestyle and soak in the peace and beauty of their surroundings.We sat on a bare rock while the dense rain...
View ArticleHarbour dash
Standing on the deck of the 6,500 ton destroyer INS Ranjit, I was mentally ticking off the boxes for things I was supposed to do before the ship sailed out that evening. "Tickety boo, all done!" I...
View ArticleThe 'kalla' conundrum
Won't you love to get a glimpse of the kalla (thief), otherwise the ever-elusive one? If you are a movie buff and go back in years, you have a stereotype emerge. He was mostly dark in colour, wore a...
View ArticleIt's a weekly affair
Yoginder Sikand revels in the activity that surrounds the Market Day in Diyun, Arunachal Pradesh, when the blissfully placid village comes alive.Throughout much of rural India, especially in the...
View ArticleIn the countryside
Tso and la: A Journey in LadakhB Vikramjit RamHarper Collins2012, pp 233325All adventures are not meticulously planned and organised. Some are serendipitous. This trip to Ladakh belongs to the latter...
View ArticleA fairy tale retold
The Snow ChildEowyn IveyHeadline Review2012, pp 384395Greatly inspired by The Little Daughter of the Snow from Arthur Ransome's Old Peter's Russian Tales and Snegurochka from Russian Lacquer, Legends...
View ArticleBook Rack
A Bank for the buckTamal BandyopadhyayJaico, 2012, pp 322, 395This is the story of the birth and growth of HDFC Bank, against the backdrop of the new bank movement in India when the RBI opened up the...
View ArticlePaths of enlightenment
'Old Ways...' is an iconoclastic blend of natural history, travel writing and much more, writes Rob Nixon.In 1977, Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia and Patrick Leigh Fermor's Time of Gifts prompted a...
View ArticleBooks on books
I have to come clean first and say that I not only haven't read this book, I haven't even seen it. And I'm not likely to possess it anywhere in the near future. So what business do I have writing about...
View ArticleDolls speak out...
Francoise Bosteels' dolls lend expression to complex realities of the Indian social milieu, writes M ASiraj, after visiting the Belgian doll maker's exhibition.Could the dolls speak? Of course, no,...
View ArticleKnowing 'kasooti'
The treasure trove of Indian handicraft industry is loaded with jewels that never cease to surprise one with its beauty and exclusivity. All across the country, skilled artisans come up with beautiful...
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