There are few things that catch my attention like stuff related to Bangalore do and my friends know this well which is how this book landed up with me. Set partly in Bangalore of the 90’s and in a small town called Malehalli in the 80’s, this is a story that delicately weaves together friendships, young love, loss, envy, greed, misogyny and a changing political landscape in India that’s become increasingly casteist and communal.
The X Book Challenge: Book 1 of X
The drama of the EPL on the pitch is entertaining and it’s what we see every week on TV. But our eyeballs enable the business side of the league and this book documents the evolution of that business from an idea in a secret meeting in the early 90s to becoming the most watched sports league in the world.
On the joys of Test match cricket
Just before the start of the test series against Australia started, a colleague and friend in Australia shared this nice…
#NYCDiaries Reboot
As of Friday last week, I’ve been on vacation (as much of a vacation as one can be on in…
On judging a book and its cover
Earlier this year I had grand plans, like most of us did, of what I’d do with all this extra…
Hope: for public problem solving
Recently, I had the great pleasure of being interviewed on a podcast called “Hope“. A group of young Indians is…
On the (brilliant) absurdity of the 90s,
A recent Lucky Ali video took me down memory lane. Now I wish I could stay there.
Have you seen it rain?
Have you seen it rain? I mean really rain. I mean the kind that starts with some grandfatherly clouds with…
The Silent Orator
I want to start this post with the following quote: Everyone is afraid of the consequence of error, but the…
21 days for each other
By the time I post this, India would’ve started day 1 of a 21 day curfew. It’s an insane idea…