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Went to watch Aamir, this weekend, with my brother because I'd heard good things about it overall. The story, very briefly, tracks 24 h...

Fellow journalist Sourabh Gupta has been blogging at Matiyaburj . He's been doing some quite vivid postcard-posts from Bombay. Go look. ...

I've thought and thought about food. Food crisis. Food prices. Ways of growing food. Intensive? Manual? Organic? What about access? Is i...

The unheard of came slamming into my sleep. Last night, for the second night running, I woke to thunder and flashes of lightning - after a s...

A friend's taking a renewed interest in his blog A new blog by economists on development economics . And Look who's in Jesustan aga...

Jasmeen, the founder of Blank Noise , will be in Delhi this week and would like to interview people who have been involved with the campaign...

Update: A photo of one of her paintings. This Mother's Day, my mom (Yasmin Zaidi) is paying a Floral Tribute to her own mother who pass...

I know. I have been quiet a long time. Part if the reason was that things were down and up and upside down for the last few months. I had qu...

Came across an interesting link, which makes me wonder if Kenya is the print journalist's idyll. "To answer this question, outsider...

A few months ago, I'd come across a piece of writing that was not just well put together, but also encompassed a very interesting thoug...

Have had a delightful time at Kalaghoda . Since I spent very busy eight days there, attending workshops, sitting on panels, listening to pan...

UPDATE: The Poetry Slam and Flash Essay deadlines have been extended by a day. You can still submit! SMS Poetry. 160 characters on the theme...

It's been a while since I returned to one of my passions. I return to it now, after a conversation with a friend who said that he didn...

Usually, I do not put any of my own poetry on this blog, but this is an elegy and I'd like it read. This much is set, Keshav ji ...

Two men - probably in their twenties - in a car. Number DL9 CP 1579. On the night of January 9th, Wednesday, about 9.30 pm, this car slows d...

Am flattered that the Economic Times took a passing interest in me and my little book , though we don't really belong in that article . ...

According to the 2001 census, the population of India was 1,028,737,436 - more than a billion, of which 496,514,346 was female. I (and all t...

Dilip asks about why people are so afraid of conversion. I've been wondering for a while too. What is it about conversion that so frigh...

Was invited to do an essay for Blogbharti , for their Spotlight series. Here it is . And since it is related to chai, here are the rest of t...

We sent wishes. Didn't we? May the moon charm you and the sun warm you. May your lips be assaulted by laughter. May the year bring healt...