Lounge

Poet of the Paddyfields

Jyotirmoy Talukdar

Hiren Bhattacharyya, the Assamese poet who recently passed away, was a rare writer whose works are taught from high school to university

Philips Air Fryer

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

Here’s how you can fry food with 80 per cent less oil. And no spills or fumes either

Sony Alpha SLT-A57K

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

An extremely fast DSLR with several features of a point-and-shoot camera

‘There will never be another don like Dawood’

Haima Deshpande

In a short conversation, writer S Hussain Zaidi offers an insight into the relevance of the underworld now that terrorists have given a new meaning to ‘crime’.

Gangs of Mumbai

Haima Deshpande

Dawood’s Rampuri knife as his first weapon, a love affair that led to a bitter fight with a Christian gang, and other such nuggets on the Mumbai mafia. In all, a thrilling read

Samsung Smart TV ES8000

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

Is this the ‘future of television’? Well, it’s certainly quite an experience

The Anonymity Effect

Aimee Ginsburg

If you look past its author’s name and ‘Nobel prize winner’ appellation, Home is a taut read with a jazzy rhythm—till you reach a revelation that makes you squirm