How To Recognise Dystopia: Watch An Animated Introduction To Dystopian Fiction

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a janitor for a B...

'Manchester By The Sea': How Kenneth Lonergan Made The Years Most Heart-Wrenching Movie

Early in Manchester by the Sea, there is a long shot of Casey Affleck’s character Lee Chandler quietly and dutifully shoveling snow. Lee, working as a ...

Kaleidoscope - Two To Tango

A new play Mr & Mrs Murarilal has a middle-age man and woman - played by SatishKaushik and Meghna Malik - have a romantic rendezvous in a park.

They have a defi...

Kaleidoscope - Precious Friendships

Two books about enduring friendships, both beautiful and heartwarming are very different—one about two female friends and the other about four male friends.  The...

True Review Movie - Raman Raghav

Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal.

Direction: Anurag Kashyap

Produced: Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane, Madhu Mantena.

Writt...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

The Lenny Interview: Melinda Gates

While I edited this interview, my husband was folding our laundry and my daughter was running around our apartment in one continuous, galloping loop. I mention this because...

True Review Movie - Ki and Ka

Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Swaroop Sampat, Rajit Kapoor

Direction: R. Balki

Produced: R. Balki, R K Damani, RakeshJhunjhunwala, Sunil Lulla. Read More

Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...