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My 32nd birthday: Or why I have only turned 26 today. 22 Mar 2012 | 12:52 am
On my 26th birthday - six years ago - I hit rock bottom. According to the “plan”, I should have finished my studies, gotten married, travelled a bit, and had my first child by then. Instead, I was s....
Catch 22: Or Why I Can't Finish Reading A Food Review 17 Mar 2012 | 11:06 am
Guess the taste: raw beef, eggs and potatoes In my entire life, I have never been able to finish reading a food review. Sorry Naresh, sorry Iain, sorry Guy (the food reviewers that I worked with) - n...
Clarkson goes potty over India: let's be outraged but for reasons other than the HCI's 16 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
Here's why I can't agree with High Commission of India, London's, demand that BBC apologises for Top Gear's offensive portrayal of India on their 90-minutes Christmas Special. If we don't give others...
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu: Or the new-found zaniness of Bollywood's heroines 7 Jan 2012 | 10:15 pm
Oh God! Not another "zany" Bollywood heroine! It was sort of fun when Kareena played the exuberant, irrepressible, rebellious (read: zany) Geet in Jab We Met in 2007. But the success of that film led...
Granta 112: Pakistan - or does Pakistan have a literary scene? 6 Jan 2012 | 01:35 am
Voices from Pakistan Reading the Granta Publication on Pakistan - a collection of fiction and non-fiction works by Pakistani writers - I was reminded of an event on Pakistani literature I attended a ...
Don 2 or MI4: Which is a more Indian experience? 4 Jan 2012 | 05:45 pm
Last night, in a bid to introduce Sid and my very-soon-to-pop-out baby to some Indian culture, we went to watch the super slick Don 2: The King is Back. Unfortunately, culturally and aesthetically th...
Lagerfeld's Bombay: Is he lazy or insightful? 9 Dec 2011 | 03:28 pm
Image stolen from Guardian.co.uk: Sorry Guardian Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director and head designer of the French fashion house Chanel, has just unveiled his pre-fall collection in Paris. And gu...
The FHM Cover: Pakistan outraged, but what about us Indians? 8 Dec 2011 | 06:08 pm
Here's one thing I don't understand about the FHM India controversy. Sure, Pakistan is outraged at both Veena Malik's nudity and the ISI tattoo. But what about us Indians? Isn't there any debate in In...
indiancompass.com: Directing Indians around Europe like no guidebook can 17 Mar 2011 | 11:10 pm
It has been silence on my blog for so long. But my life has been noisy, chaotic, busy, exciting and full of challenge. I am no longer jobless, footloose and fancyfree in London. No, no. Nobody off.....
Events in Egypt: Whose revolution is it anyway? 3 Feb 2011 | 10:01 pm
So for the seventh day in a row, all the front news on British newspapers (BBC News, Guardian, The Independent) is dominated by events in Egypt. I wonder why British newspapers think it is critical f...
