Book Excerpt
-
The unspoken passion of Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam
Akshay Manwani
-
‘There was no mustard to be found’ and other heartaches from the ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ shoot
Anupama Chopra
-
‘Chandni’ turned around Yash Chopra’s fortunes, but he initially called it a ‘suicide attempt’
Rachel Dwyer
-
Before the hit, the hiccups: what kind of a title is ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ anyway?
Gautam Chintamani
-
How Nasir Husain saw the nightclub as a fun spot rather than a vice den
Akshay Manwani
-
Pakistani writers are expected to represent their country – and maybe they don't have a choice
Mushtaq Bilal
-
The exact moment when film star Rekha became a villain in vermilion (and it wasn’t in ‘Silsila’)
Yasser Usman
-
The things that used to happen at Mumbai parties (and it’s not very different now)
Ajith Pillai
-
What happened when Draupadi visited New Delhi with her girlfriends
Trisha Das
-
Gulzar: ‘Words should amaze or amuse, only then will listeners want to understand the song’
Nasreen Munni Kabir
-
First read: Amitav Ghosh asks why novelists don’t write about climate change
Amitav Ghosh
-
First person: Things we had to do to get a guest into a prime time NDTV show
Renee Chandola
-
Confessions (though he calls them lessons) of a self-styled ‘pick-up artist’
Dave Besseling
-
How Telangana and Seemandhra fought for Hyderabad (and how the battle was won)
Jairam Ramesh
-
Billionaires can be both good and bad. Ruchir Sharma shows how to tell them apart
Ruchir Sharma
-
One Raj family left India after Independence with fear and uncertainty, not joy and relief
Brigid Keenan
-
How everyone – the state, corporations, and even some ‘Maoists’ – gains from Maoist insurgency
Rohit Prasad
-
Is this the most gruesome murder in Indian crime fiction?
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
-
‘Defeating’ India and ‘controlling’ Afghanistan have been the goals of Pakistan’s Jihad industry
Raza Rumi
-
There’s no choice but to market your own book aggressively, Amish tells aspiring writers
Mala Mary Martina