Album Review — Beyond the Ragasphere

One of the truly amazing artists I discovered — thanks to Shakti — is Debashish Bhattacharya. But my problem was Debashish’s published albums were neither in the traditional format nor were works of any great collaboration or fusion.

Book Review: Schneier on Security

I had long ago listened to Schneier on TED and his expose on the fallacy of airport security, and security in general. But this book made me realize his activism is not limited to airport security — he talks on a broad range of topics including the privacy, government…

Book Review: Conversations with Mani Ratnam

I chanced upon this book on my recent trip to India and figured this will make for a lite read and give a break from the heavy books I have been picking.

Book Review: India Grows by Night

A liberal case for a strong state

It seems no book can be written on India, without somehow mentioning Nehru and Gandhi and Rajaji — such was the impact created by these people in India. It also seems to me that everything Indira did was…

Rasika

PS: Rasika (literally “connoisseur”) is a term used to describe audience for Carnatic music.

Book Review: Shantaram

With every book I read, there is a story of how I came to know about the book. It’s someone referring me to it or something pointing me to it — in the case of Shantaram, it was a simple suggestion — that someone should make a movie out of it — that intrigued me. And of course, the person…

Quid pro quo