Today is the last day of the Jaipur Literature Festival, the most loved festival for book lovers and culture vultures. We had a great time attending sessions in the beautiful lawns of the Diggi palace, and listening to our favourite speakers talk about a diverse range of topics from Brexit to mansplaining! As always, there […]

“As society changes, so too will our films” Javed Akhtar said, while speaking about the changing role of women in Bollywood on a panel discussion at the Zee Jaipur Literature festival. In a conversation with Rachel Dwyer, a professor of Indian cultures at SOAS UK, Akhtar said India women don’t have to portray the ‘perfect’ in […]

There’s no point pretending you don’t have FOMO when you’re at JLF — there’s inevitably sessions and speakers you miss, whether because they’re cross-scheduled against other enticing options, or you’re up… for a session, or an interview or a mish-mash of the two. The crowds at JLF are legendary and while it can sometimes feel […]

Beyond the man we call Mahatma was a young Gandhi whose early life was full of the same vices and virtues as ours is. Eating, smoking, having a time of our life and being somewhat brash. But just when did the god-like Gandhi start emerging in Mohandas? What was his transformation led by? When did […]

The Vegetarian, a novella translated to English from Korean, hooked me from its first sentence. I was impressed by the precision of its language and the quiet way in which it conveyed the emotional dissolution of its characters. I wasn’t surprised that it won the Man Booker International Prize. But I was surprised when I […]