Lounge

‘My Books are not that Great’

Arindam Mukherjee

Writer Chetan Bhagat on the arduous task of ‘simple’ writing, his Booker dream and on scripting his own Bollywood role

India Untold

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Nine Lives is proof that Dalrymple knows this country better than most Indians, but it also displays a creeping complacency in writing about it.

We know Sherlock ‘elementary’ Holmes, we know Hercule ‘little grey cells’ Poirot and we know Philip ‘I collect blondes and bottles’ Marlowe. Now, several writers are making a pitch for the next great detective—from India

Wireless TV

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

I love the way this TV looks, and would seriously consider it for a wire-free home. If only they could power it wirelessly as well

Murder Most Foul

Shivam Vij

Was the gruesome killing of historian Papiya Ghosh linked to the book she was working on? We may never know, but we can now at least read her book

Bedtime Stories

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Writer and filmmaker Ruchir Joshi on the pleasures of ‘acceptable porn’, the joys of Savita Bhabhi and his new anthology of erotic stories

A Life Less Ordinary

Vineetha Mokkil

This Orange Prize winner lays bare the fissures in seemingly perfect relationships.

Kodak Z915

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

This is one great camera if you are looking for a compact with a high zoom and usability features. And no, the price is not its biggest draw.

‘Much in Dan Brown’s Book Not True’

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Mark Tabbert of George Washington Masonic Memorial tells us what he thinks of Dan Brown’s latest effort.

Happy Birthday, Uncle Pai

Manju Sara Rajan

Anant Pai, the adoptive ‘Uncle’ of generations of Indian children, has turned 80. Pity we can’t find an adequate gift for the man who gave us so much joy?