Two recent novels, led to the discovery of a remarkable initiative in the early twentieth century, in Roosevelt-era America–the Works Progress Administration’s Pack Horse Library Project. Best-selling author Jojo Moyes’s …
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Life Goes On: Mary Beth Keane’s third novel Ask Again, Yes has been voted by several sites as one of the best books of 2019. A sprawling yet intimate epic …
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No Spice, No Sizzle: Rating: 1-1/2 stars: A Ramesh Sippy film coming out after 25 years—his last film Zamana Deewana released in 1995—and turning out to be such a dud, …
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It was in January 1979, a couple of months after the inauguration of Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai, that Katare formed his group, Yatri, and staged the satirical play Ek Tha …
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Love & Loss: This book finds itself on every list of Best of 2019, capturing with compassion the upheavals in the lives of the Conroy siblings over five decades. At …
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Baby Blues: Rating: Three stars In Raj Mehta’s dramedy, Good Newwz, the why not adopt question is met with the conservative “apna khoon” answer. So two women desperate to have children, …
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It’s the end of the year and time to check on the progress made by women in the Hindi film industry—have they inched forward at all? Yes, if the graph …
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As Trishla Patel sets to open her new production of Catch 22, revisiting an interview with her last year. Trishla Patel arrives from the rehearsal of the Naseeruddin Shah-directed Aurat …
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Three To Tango: The plays Abhishek Pattnaik writes have unusual ideas, but he is an excellent actor too. His performance as a middle-aged Oriya professor in Two Adorable Losers was brilliant, …
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Peter ‘Chulbul’ Pan Returns: Rating: Two stars Chulbul Pandey the comic-cop has become like the money kept under the mattress for emergencies; every time a few films come around that …