A sharp, witty excoriation of babudom, but the bite's sting robbed by excessive detail
The villain was meant to be hated, but that is what has come to be loved about him
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
Cub hunks may be snapping at his heels, but Shahrukh Khan remains the face of Bollywood in the era of globalisation, when India is the new kid on the power bloc
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
In trying a light-footed hand at some weighty events of our past, Misra's book falls between two stools
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
He purloined hearts as easily as he broke them. Evergreen hero Dev Anand on his life and loves...
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
The epic corporate battle of Mittal's takeover bid of Arcelor, fought against a backcloth of cultural anxiety
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
A sepia-tinted India slumbers on in many foreigners: seekers, sojourners, job-hunters and those who stayed on
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
India talks to itself via Bollywood and Anupama Chopra is there with a sharp ear listening and reporting back. Paisa vasool.
BY Meghnad Desai 5 February 2022
Doing tragedy so immersively that he needed a shrink, learning the sitar from Ustad Vilayat Khan for six months just to shoot a song…there was method behind Dilip Kumar’s aura.
BY Meghnad Desai 16 July 2021
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