Notes from the UninitiatedThe DietThis 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, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Notes from the UninitiatedWhy Everyone Should Read Bernadine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’: A Tribute to #pridemonthPrologue:Jun 22, 20201Jun 22, 20201
Notes from the Uninitiated#FilmFirsts ‘Cchapaak’: The Sound of Dulcet Film-MakingAfter 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, 20201Jan 11, 20201
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, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Notes from the Uninitiated#FilmFirsts ‘Article 15’ v. ‘Badla’: Why People Need To Start Paying Attention to BollywoodThis 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, 2019Sep 1, 2019
Notes from the UninitiatedThe Yoga Factor: Waking Up, Inso-Mania and Anal-ClenchingI’ve recently started to allow people to tousle me out of bed before 06:00 AM again, or resort to the old…Aug 28, 2019Aug 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, 2019Aug 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, 2019Aug 2, 2019
Notes from the Uninitiated‘Where were you’?: A House-maiden’s TaleI 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, 2019Aug 1, 2019