(This is a column for the AWESOME Femina Magazine, (June 11th, 2014). I got a cover byline because obvi duh boobs. Do pick up a copy!) Breasts. Even the word has weight. The hard B, coming directly before the rolling R followed by an “-issts,” like you’re beckoning a dog towards you. They’re called […]
I wrote this for an event called “Women at Work” organised by Senior Editor of Firstpost.com, Deepanjana Pal. It is a description of my experiences as a woman working in the English stand-up comedy market in India. It was probably the most warm, lovely environment to speak in and for someone who is supposed to […]
I’m officially 27 years old. Even though that’s still far away from my first pair of dentures, or urinating in a bed pan, I’ve learned a lot of stuff. And like every old person, I feel the need to share my wisdom. Here are 12 (coz I couldn’t think of a 13th one) things in […]
On Aug 25th, 2013, the world tuned into the MTV Video music awards and watched in horror as a song called “Best Song Ever” by One Direction won an award for being “The Best Song” setting up an inception like time-warp sparking the fear that One Direction will change it’s name to Best Band Ever […]
The last few days have been emotionally overwhelming. With the passing of the 23 year old in Singapore, the country rose up in collective prayers. But when my eyes closed for that moment, I realized that she does not need our prayers. She is blessed. Let’s not shirk responsibility for her death by saying we are “praying” for her. […]
I’m not even going to justify my reasons to want to see the film. Hell, we had the lead actors constantly seducing the crap out of us with their smoldering stares from every hoarding and television set for the3 months. I don’t know how to feel about the film. Those are three sensational looking human beings as […]
The Wildings. At the airport, I picked up a copy of The Wildings, because it was shiny (and also coz I read a couple of tweets from @dpanjana mentioning it), but mostly coz it was shiny. The Marwari in me was thrilled. The Wildings is about a band of cats that lives in the Nizamuddin neighborhood of Old Delhi. […]
I saw Satyamev Jayate. Everyone was doing it; I HAD to know what Twitter would be outraging about for the next one week. I incidentally missed the 11:00 a.m. telecast for a very well deserved viewing of Vicky Donor. Juhi Chatervedi has written one of the sharpest B’wood scripts of the year. Also I have […]
All I’ve seen of television in the last few weeks has been from hoardings while I wait around in traffic. Every red light means the opportunity to stare into the eyes of another woman with an ambiguous expression gazing into the horizon of a 9 p.m. prime-time spot on Colors. I come home nearly every […]
I have loved Sound of Music for very long now, and have fond memories of kneeling outside class, thrown out for attempting a yodel in the middle of History period. (You can’t not want to yodel after you learn the “Lonely Goatherd” in Singing period just before that). The night I saw the film, I […]