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Can a reactionary create a revolution?
T.M. Krishna fancies himself as a revolutionary, but he is an inconsistent reactionary whose argument is “anti-whatever the norm is” rather than cogently thinking through the evolution of music.
The trouble with Indian cocktails
The problem with creating cocktails in India is that we have too many ingredients available to us. For an imaginative mixologist, this throws up a dizzying array of choices and not all of them good.
Journeys of Faith: India Currents
About a Bharatanatyam dance performance based on my book, Food & Faith.
How to love in your 50s, 60s and 70s
Forget love. The glue that makes a relationship stick is how you fight and forgive. Do you sulk when wounded? Do you go silent? Or do you shout and scream?
Being single in Bangalore
Has lack of qualification ever stopped Indians from volunteering opinions? No, right? I say this as preamble since I, a married woman, am talking about the single life in Bangalore.
Has beer overtaken wine in India?
Bangalore has about 85 brewpubs. It doesn’t have a single wine bar. Go into The Bier Library on a Friday evening and you’ll have to wait in line for a seat. Why is this so?
Science and Song
The sun is sacred to most old cultures and now this central figure has begun his long march north, beginning a period of renewal, rejuvenation and auspiciousness, all symbolised by a new harvest.
New Year resolutions
I think a New Year’s resolution is an expression of hope. It is built on the idea that this year, finally, we will tick off all those things that we have been yearning to conquer.
Has beer overtaken wine in India?
Bangalore has about 85 brewpubs. It doesn’t have a single wine bar. Go into The Bier Library on a Friday evening and you’ll have to wait in line for a seat. Why is this so?
Science and Song
The sun is sacred to most old cultures and now this central figure has begun his long march north, beginning a period of renewal, rejuvenation and auspiciousness, all symbolised by a new harvest.
New Year resolutions
I think a New Year’s resolution is an expression of hope. It is built on the idea that this year, finally, we will tick off all those things that we have been yearning to conquer.