Notes from the Uninitiated

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The Diet

This morning, I woke up and made my bed. I tucked all the sides in, folded the blanket real neat. The bedspread was checkered, orange and…

Jan 29, 2021

Jan 29, 2021

Notes from the Uninitiated

Why Everyone Should Read Bernadine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’: A Tribute to #pridemonth

Prologue:

Jun 22, 2020

Why Everyone Should Read Bernadine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’: A Tribute to #pridemonth

Jun 22, 2020

Notes from the Uninitiated

‘Long Distance Relationships’ ft. Home

Dear you,

Feb 13, 2020

Feb 13, 2020

Notes from the Uninitiated

#FilmFirsts ‘Cchapaak’: The Sound of Dulcet Film-Making

After a khari or two with meethi diabetic chai at the New Niloufer, I headed off to catch Meghna Gulzar’s latest.. ‘Cchapaak’. (Did you…

Jan 11, 2020

#FilmFirsts ‘Cchapaak’: The Sound of Dulcet Film-Making

Jan 11, 2020

Notes from the Uninitiated

#BookBriefs P. G. Tenzing’s ‘Don’t Ask Any Old Bloke For Directions’

Look. If you believe in destiny and love-at-first-sight and what-not, let you be made aware first and foremost that my reaching for ‘Don’t…

Sep 10, 2019

#BookBriefs P. G. Tenzing’s ‘Don’t Ask Any Old Bloke For Directions’

Sep 10, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

#FilmFirsts ‘Article 15’ v. ‘Badla’: Why People Need To Start Paying Attention to Bollywood

This weekend has been a complete low-lie if not for the manic movie marathon I planned for myself. First stop, I looked at Anubhav Sinha’s…

Sep 1, 2019

#FilmFirsts ‘Article 15’ v. ‘Badla’: Why People Need To Start Paying Attention to Bollywood

Sep 1, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

The Yoga Factor: Waking Up, Inso-Mania and Anal-Clenching

I’ve recently started to allow people to tousle me out of bed before 06:00 AM again, or resort to the old…

Aug 28, 2019

The Yoga Factor: Waking Up, Inso-Mania and Anal-Clenching

Aug 28, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

“Gender and Religion and Gender and Religion.”

You ever got a red tika put on your forehead, that you.. with a scrunched up expression and this disgusted look.. you took on and bore…

Aug 11, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

#VintageFilmFirsts ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’

I make it no secret that I ache for Mumbai, like a child who’s lost his mother in a mela. ‘cept I live with my mother, so the joke’s…

Aug 2, 2019

Aug 2, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

‘Where were you’?: A House-maiden’s Tale

I snuck in, sauntered, at 11:06. The curtains were drawn. The lights were dim. I could make out the silhouettes of my father and his…

Aug 1, 2019