FT Writer’s interviews
What a great line in FT's writer interviews The person interviewed was Patrick Ness, children's book writer. Now I have to read Sula by Toni Morrison. What book do you wish you’d written? It’s a part of a book. The [...]
How to define a nation’s aesthetic: for Eat Stay Love
This is one of my favorite pieces and it took a while to write. It appears in a magazine called Eat Stay Love that is the in house magazine of Aman, Four Seasons, and other luxury hotels in India. Some [...]
Chennai’s Punjabi Envy and Puns
The best part of this piece was the punny-funny response I got from a friend in Chennai, which I have appended below after taking out all identifying characters. He first sent a handwritten note on the computer, complimenting the piece. [...]
Hunger and Obesity
Okay, this is tongue-in-cheek and I know that small, frequent meals are the best. This began with the question: why are so many people speaking for obesity? Is it because it is a non-controversial cause and the solution is there [...]
Connecting the Dots
My friends have been goading me to do something that I keep talking about doing. A podcast. I'd like to do a weekly one called "Connecting the Dots," which takes current news items and puts a unique spin on it. [...]
For Vogue India on War Tourism
"Make Peace not War," raps Skepta. What is war tourism then? And can it mix with Louboutins and Chanel?
Sitar Music
This piece touched me. What a life! What culture! What folly! Wish I had met Annapurna Devi-- she carries the perfumes of an entire musical era with her. Annapurna Devi & Ravi Shankar: The tragedy of a relationship December 12, [...]
Chennai’s Love for Gold for Mint Lounge
Sat, Apr 13 2013. 12 08 AM IST Chennai’s love for cheesy ‘compliments’ From the Great Chennai Paradox to the American ‘throw ins’—why this love for useless freebies? Chennai shoppers buy a lot of gold, but a freebie makes [...]
Women Talking
I had wondered and worried about how this would turn out. It actually turned out to be quite wonderful. Five women talking here
Comments
Since the comments have been the most interesting part of this blog, I have added a widget on the side in the front page. If you scroll down you will see it. Any comment that I find interesting will be [...]
Swedish House Mafia
Need to write a piece about Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta and such. All the young teenagers I know listen to this stuff and dance the night away. Energy is a room full of teenagers jiving to "Don't you worry, [...]
Memoir vs. autobiography
Lovely explanation by Dani Shapiro here.