Known Turf

Essentials of journalism: Get facts. Get opinions. Get counter-opinions. Question everything. Now here are (or what appear to be) the facts:...

"In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press. That is an improvement certainly. But still it is very bad, and wrong, and demo...

A few weeks ago, I offered to volunteer through Karmayog . On the form, I had mentioned that I live in a distant suburb, and that I could no...

Last night I cried in a movie You cry, if that's all you can do Last week I stopped reading a book It hurt too much to see it through Th...

(Caution: a bit of a ramble and a rant.) Was talking to some friends - about films, good and bad, about books and the market, the usual sort...

Saw and heard Mahashweta Devi today. Random question from girl in audience: "What is your take on the term 'feminism'?" Th...

A message from the Pink Chaddi campaign : Dear All, The hackers have been at our facebook groups for a while (perhaps you noticed *smile*). ...

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...