December 2005

Terrorists, riots, and No God in Sight
Our first, hesitant steps into Altaf Tyrewala's Mumbai.

When politics and fiction collide
For Balaji Venkateswaran, it is the moral ambiguity surrounding the political milieu that generates drama.

November 2005

Surfin' Hindustan
The 15th anniversary of the discovery of the Internet.

Shaadi No 1: Full of laughs
David Dhawan strikes again.

October 2005

When Seth left Aamir open-mouthed
What happens when a famous author meets a famous actor?

Hotel Rwanda: The horror, the horror
What happened in Rwanda?

The man who lived on a train
Jaideep Varma: Local hero.

September 2005

'My revenge against religious fanatics'
Richard Zimler, author of a bestseller on the inquisition in Goa.

Weekend Watch: Month Python and the Holy Grail
What are you doing now?' asks God. 'Averting our eyes, oh Lord,' replies King Arthur. 'Well, don't.' God retorts.

Weekend watch: Amores Perros
Read film subtitles for 150 minutes on a weekend? Yes.

The inquisition in India?
A period in history few of us are familiar with.

Weekend watch: Night of the Living Dead
'They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for human flesh!'

Review: Salaam Namaste
For an afternoon of laughs, and some excellent performances.

Weekend watch: The Motorcycle Diaries
Che Guevara. Marxist revolutionary. Guerrilla leader. Movie star.

August 2005

The Rising: History comes alive
Aamir Khan is a rabble-rouser. It's a role he has mastered to perfection.

Weekend Watch: Sin City
When it comes to consoling 19-year-old girls, I'm about as expert as a palsy patient performing brain surgery with a pipe wrench.'

The Stones: Still rolling
Why the Rolling Stones continue to rock.

Where lie the great Mughals?
Where the emperors rest.

July 2005

Why are Indians such hypocrites?
'We love our country. We don't want to live anywhere else.'

June 2005

Literature's heroes
The first Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.

When I was 'Michael Jackson'
'I was ushered in amidst clouds of smoke, in front of 6,000 screaming children.'

The rides of your life
Try getting into a Mumbai train at any of the suburban stops.

May 2005

More about the crusades
Ridley Scott is probably wondering why he didn't opt for a sequel to Gladiator.

Tarun Tejpal: Safe books bore me
More about The Alchemy of Desire.

Tarun Tejpal: Women are far more interesting
Bullshit mysticism and half-assed religion.

The good die young
A reminder of how some nice guys never have a chance.

Dance bars, yes. Books, no!
Selling books in that public space in Mumbai is now illegal.

April 2005

Shauna Singh Baldwin: An interview
Baldwin's The Tiger Claw is inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan.

March 2005

The new Salman Rushdie?
Rana Dasgupta's first novel, Tokyo Cancelled.

Where Mumbai is the muse...
Great cities continue -- as they always have -- to inspire great literature.

Did you say Ides of March?
A look at the month of March, in the world of literature.

February 2005

Da Vinci Code? What a yawn
Celebrities need to show the rest of us that they're literate.

January 2005

Long hair is for girls, dude
It wasn't my fault; I was paid to do it.

Elvis is alive!
His name was Sutradhar. V K Sutradhar.

October 2004

Bajwa's rich brocade of realism
A look at Rupa Bajwa's The Sari Shop.

A mirror to the dark side of the world
Underlining much of Elfriede Jelinek's work is the sense of a world without pity.

Encounter with a 21st century pilgrim
Thomas Reissmann claims to carry all his worldly possessions in his backpack.

September 2004

Will movies now be made this way?
The release of Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow.

A life devoted to the underdog
A tribute to Mulk Raj Anand.

To Mumbai, with love and hate
Maximum City: Bombay Lost And Found may be the most controversial book of the year.

Are you a metrosexual?
The fact is these men really exist, and their numbers are growing even as you read this.

August 2004

The man behind I, Robot
Much before we had satellites and digital images of Mars, the writers saw it coming.

July 2004

Lucky Ali: I've never had to sell my music
A chat with Maqsood Mehmood Ali.

Sir Timothy: Inventor of the WWW
A long time ago, a man called Timothy John Berners-Lee decided to change the face of humanity.

June 2004

I never met Dom Moraes
Death has a funny way of reiterating things we have long taken for granted.

The genius goes out of soul
Ray Charles. September 23, 1930-June 10, 2004.

January 2003

What if I hate Britney Spears?
Why alternative music lovers turn to the Internet.

January 2002

Who you know matters
Six people connect you to Osama bin Laden.

December 2001

Testing times
Personality tests reveal all.

Odd Todd!
For some, being sacked is a funny business.

November 2001

I want my life back
This guy has no life offline.

For name's sake
Next big thing: Personal domains.

Beam us up!
After planets, trekkies move online.

October 2001

Disagree to agree
Voices of dissent get a hearing.

I own a Web site!
How to build your own portal.

Today's mail tomorrow
The future of email.

Idle thoughts
Lost your job? Get online.

September 2001

In search of the Chhatrapati
Some secrets are better left alone.

Lime lagao
Fresh lime soda for the soul.

From the trenches
They told the world before the telly did.

Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll
The era of the 60s, now online.

Feet first
Paul Morgan wants to cut his feet off.

August 2001

Gullible's Travels
The moon has cracks, mermaids exist, spaghetti grows on trees.

Hold on to your bananas
The bizarre world of online activism.

Want a new job?
Unusual professions on the Net.

Sex, no bar
Is your chat girlfriend male?

July 2001

Cops, my shorts and a moonlit night
Caught by a police patrol...

Kill robots, but save trees
A few things to do this weekend.

Better than the real thing?
Virtual pets and celebs. What next?

What art thou?
Indian artists experiment with new media.

I feel like a pterodactyl
Dinosaurs, nouns and facial hair.

Taste the thunder
Interactivity on your mobile phone.

Idol minds
God's name is Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Coffee, tea or cybersex?
Cyber cafes are here to stay.

Labour pains
Can the Internet replace the government?

Lights, camera, Internet
Hollywood films focus on the World Wide Web.

June 2001

We are a generation of idiots!
Millions wetting their pillows because a soap opera actor kicked the bucket?

In through the out door
Why hackers do what they do.

Your right to choose
Office software available for free.

Tuned In!
Miss India loves logging in.

Believe it or not
The crazy things people do!

Watch out Tony Blair!
Your chance to become the British PM now.

Till death do us part
Deadly facts online.

ET Mail
Send email to Mars and beyond.

Saving faces
Forget passwords, remember faces.

May 2001

Mr Mom
The world's first pregnant man!

Wanted!
Are Cobain and Lennon still alive?

Afraid of the monkey man?
A peek into urban legends.

Quick feet, dead meat
Coaches and gangsters online.

Crazy auctions
Look what's up for grabs.

Mamma Mia!
What makes mothers special?

April 2001

Sab Kuch Dikhta Hai
Technology takes you everywhere.

Space saving techniques
Save the earth, stop surfing.

Sounds like geek to me
Geeks can be sexy too.

I know why Bhuj collapsed
This and other conspiracy theories.

Channel We
The sites that we built.

Hit the Key
Keyboard tricks to make your PC go faster.

Fight cancer...
Can my PC save the planet?

I hate you...
The Internet spews hatred.

Lost lands, found online
The Internet to help trace our ancestors.

March 2001

The men are waiting...
There was money to be made.

Get abducted...
Or win $10,000 to play Cupid.

Mir's splashdown
Space shuttles, now live.

Are you naked...
When online, protect your privacy.

Kaun Banega...
System Administrator Ka Pati?

"I see dead people"
Paranormal and occult sites.

February 2001

The browsable canvas
The Net is redefining art.

S-E-X spelled out
Advice for the curious and confused.

A whole new XPerience
Will Windows XP make life simpler?

Looks do kill
All about the Anna Kournikova virus.

Too mush to love
An anti-Valentine spiel.

Let's kick some butt
How to log on, quit smoking and live longer.

Of dead celebrities and Beetleroot dip
Earthquakes, dotcoms, recipes.

January 2001

Double click and touch your toes
Yoga on the Net is cheap and effective.

Cool Daily
The Web has a lot to offer everyday.

Codename: Ginger
Hyperlinks to the Root of Ginger.

Deadly sites
Mortality has a homepage.

When you have to go...
Ways to get relief from a boring weekend.

Chained by your email?
Break free from chain letters...

Salman can't keep his shirt on
Web sites celebrities ought to bookmark.

December 2000

'I hate boy bands'
And girl groups. And teen pop stars.

The wonder years
Our yesterdays, online.

Gays and Means
The Internet for the marginalized.

If singers could sing...
The latest online this week.

Soul Asylum
Find feel good vibes online.

Landless Land
Get yourself a nation.

Reality Bytes
Will you date a bot tonight?

November 2000

The clock has many faces
Will an Internet Standard Time succeed?

Hits and Mrs
Cupid and the Net join hands.

Beggary
New pros of an old con go online.

The Beatles have a .com
Will Beatlemania reign again?

Buy a corpse, rent a ghost...
The weird and wired.

When in doubt...
There's some expert advice on the Internet.

Offline Browsers
Bringing the Net to your desktop.

Meta Browsers
Don't just browse. Meta Browse.

Alternative Browsers
Ten options to scour the World Wide Web.

Online Schedulers
Virtual secretaries, just a click away.

1996-1997

Teaming up
Why teams can be both a boon and a bane.

Get off to a good start
Learn about the Net, on the Net, through these incredibly useful sites.

Netting a good catch
Some of the hottest openings currently available.

'Zines of our times
Business has moved out of corridors and into cyberspace.

Netscope
Columns from The Indian Express.