Lounge

Age of Free Love

YL Prasad

Excerpts from YL Prasad’s Draupadi, which has got rightwing knickers in a twist.

‘I Owe No Apology to Anyone’

 Author Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad takes on allegations of perversion in depicting Draupadi, and also reveals that his new work will revolve around Krishna’s wife, Satyabhama.

Interrupted Faith

Saaz Aggarwal

Ayaan Hirsi Ali once supported the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. Today, she believes that the notion that the US is attacking Islam is a conspiracy theory.

Techno Tradition

Sandipan Deb

A world of extreme tech and ancient tradition. Sci-fi fans, strap your seat belts for a completely cool trip.

Gaming Laptop from MSI

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

Its processor is fast enough to extract the best performance from most games in the market.

Keeping It Short

Avinash Subramaniam

Here’s how you can remember those very long URLs, without creating mnemonics for them.

JUMP Start

Rahul Jayaram

A motley group of marine engineers, software professionals, MBAs and journalists has come together to take Indian comics to the next level.

Stale Crumbs

Pramila N. Phatarphekar

Skip the mouldy advice in this entree and savour the classic Michael Pollan of The Omnivore’s Dilemma instead.

Innocence Lost

Rahul Pandita

Amitava Kumar’s book deals with one of the most complex problems of our time: crimes committed by the State in the garb of fighting a war on terror.

“I would say to writers, don’t give up your day jobs”

Elizabeth Kuruvilla

The editor-in-chief of Bloomsbury is in India to scout for talent. She speaks of India being a soft market and surviving the end of the Harry Potter series.