Known Turf

When I was a little girl, I equated rape with death. The movies (and bad pulp fiction and even comics) were to blame, of course. I did not ...

When I read that an editor in my country has been arrested, on the grounds of having outraged me , all I could feel was shame, and revulsio...

Talking about films - or any art form - can be a draining exercise. I am often overcome with a sense of futility mid-way through such conver...

A few days ago, a friend had handed me a copy of A Grasshopper’s Pilgrimage and asked me whether I’d like to review it on this blog. I was ...

Months ago, I had been tagged to do a post on feminism . It should have been easy, especially for someone who has publicly declared that wh...

So, here's some of what has kept me busy over the last few months. Incidentally, the article misquotes me slightly. What I said was tha...

I have been silent on this , as on many other things for a while. And gnawing at me, always, the guilt of not doing more. I was the one who ...

Because we must not forget .

It has been a while now, since I took time off from work. That is, paying work that allows me to feel independent. One reason for this break...

Two points quickly made themselves apparent in the wake of the recent madness that was the attacks on Mumbai, starting November 26th. One, p...

The other day, I went shopping for veggies at the nearest supermarket, and found it almost empty. The girls employed there were kidding arou...

Couldn’t sleep last night. Though I’d heard the news, I didn’t switch on the television until yesterday. I just didn’t want to see. It wasn’...

I don't like personal tags much, but have been tagged by a friend and have not been able to shake off blogging ennui, so here goes. I...

When I was a kid, my favourite colour was red. I still remember a red silk dress I had, with thick silver trimming all over the bodice and s...

Quick Tales . That's the name of a writing contest that could win you Rs 19,999! Here's the rules and here's info about the pri...

Good news is, my brother has had a baby girl (on the 18 th ). She’s premature so is being watched closely but seems healthy. Everyone’s coll...

Offered without comment, a bit from Salman Khan's blog : When I return home from shooting everyday, as a routine, I first spend time wi...

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. ...