Tamasha: To Love…
Anita reviews Tamasha. Life does not begin when you find love; it begins when you find yourself. To begin a movie of passion in the second act, sustain its tempo...
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December 6, 2015
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Madhumita Ghosh
Kalkatta is a Sure Page Turner
Kunal Basu’s fifth novel, Kalkatta, has the voice of a master storyteller. His research into the world of the subaltern is impressive. The character of the protagonist, however, comes through...
Caught in a Web!
The protagonist of Kunal Basu’s Kalkatta inhabits the world that we happily deny. Baishali asks, “With a dingy box for a home, an ailing old man for a father, a crippled...
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December 4, 2015
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Arindam Roy
Three Books
Different Truths is introducing Book Club. If you are a busy corporate honcho, an executive-on-the-move, banker or homemaker, with little time to spare, you may send short book reviews...
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November 25, 2015
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Anita Parikh
Spectre: An Ineffectual Bond Film
Here’s Anita take on the latest Bond film. It’s all sound and no substance. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. But what if that is challenged and...
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November 22, 2015
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Sehar Siddiqi
Restoring Allahabad’s Glory
Sanchaari Allahabad, a social initiative, organised a three-day event, earlier this month, between November 13 and 15. It brought together the literati and the glitterati, discussing literature, showcasing select writers and staging...
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November 21, 2015
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Michele Baron
A Confluence of Sensibilities
Michele reviews, ‘The Significant Anthology’, edited by Reena Prasad and Dr Ampat Koshy. A 300- page compendium, it showcases 176 contributing authors. Its three sections, poetry, prose and long poem, contains ‘secrets of its...