Arts & Entertainment
Sex Before Viagra
Very few Indians have actually read the Kamasutra, which is boringly pedantic and — shockingly to many — did not contain pictures in the original.
Dying Melodies
There’s a clear divide in the Indian music world between film and non-film music. With their huge budget, films are growing ever bigger. The blend of pop, rap and Sufi music in Indian film songs has doomed the independent music genre.
Hymnals Of Desire
Hindu culture embraced eroticism and sex as an essential ingredient and institutionalized it in the four exalted goals of Hindu life.
Monster-Budget Project Comes Knocking
We may be about to get the answer to that pressing Bollywood question — does size matter?
Why Are Small Films, Suddenly In Big Trouble?
It is reported that over a 100 small films, censor-approved and ready, are rotting in the cans with no takers
Technology And Tradition Have To Be Friends
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, one of the world’s foremost players of the sarod, reflects on business and art.
The Kite That Couldn’t Fly?
The idea that national cinema cannot be translated into a broader idiom for viewers around the world is misplaced.
Little More Hollywood For American Audiences
Brett Ratner who remixed Kites for U.S. audiences, on Bollywood’s potential in the United States.
Freedom To Offend
The consternation over M.F. Husain’s acceptance of Qatari citizenship has rekindled debate on artistic freedom and responsibility in India.
Tawang Land Of Monpas
A north eastern Indian town known to be the Land of Dawn-lit Mountains is caught in some unfinished India-China border business.
Remembering The Awara, Shri 420, Anari, Deewana & Joker!
On the 22nd death anniversary of Raj Kapoor on June 2, Monojit Lahiri pays homage to India’s greatest showman.
Why Phirang Hotties Leave Bollywood Viewers … Cold!
However all is not lost and Bollywood would do well to emulate the smart and profitable move of filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and producer Saif Ali Khan.
Will the Owner of the Ava Lounge Stand Up?
The Chatwals, long very visibly tied to the Ava Lounge, deny any association after the bar is sued.
Unlocking the Brain’s Secrets
Washington Post reporter Shankar Vedantam’s book The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elects Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives, (Random House, 2010, $26) was
Preity-Rani VRS time ?
Monojit Lahiri zeroes-in on a chilling new reality gripping B-town, where Voluntary Retirement Slips are being handed out to 30-plus starlets …
You Lose
If you can’t look them in the eye, if you can’t lean close to them, if you can’t see the authenticity in the penury, you lose.
The Last Bioscopewallah
Mohammad Salim is so enamored with his bioscope that he sails by life oblivious to the grievances he could pick with it.
Jackson Heights
An Indian American’s take on the Michael Jackson phenomenon that swept America — and the world at large — off its feet for more than a decade.
Bard Of The Bedroom?
An intimate, anecdotal look at the life and times of India’s most controversial woman writer.
Ishq Ishq
It has been said a zillion times, and yet, warrants repetition, that the world loves a lover! More so when hot reel life spills over to real life — or is it the other way around? Just how do off-screen romances fare on-screen?
Only Kebabs!
With the arrival of summer, are you ready to haul out those outdoor grills for your favorite Indian barbecue?
