The Other Universe

I have had an interesting childhood. Having never been interested in sports overmuch (partly because I wasn’t good at anything), I used to vicariously lead the life of superheroes, local as well as of phoren import, fighting their battles, facing their dilemmas, adoring their love-interests (Shaktimaan’s Geeta, the feisty reporter comes to one’s mind), and […]

Sethji / Book Review

Sethji by Shobhaa Dé My rating: 1 of 5 stars You wouldn’t have expected a book that plastic-y from a “veteran” author such as Shobhaa De. Maybe once upon a time in a distant, ancient, rural and rustic India, such indecency would have shocked the people of this country and indeed would have made her […]