The Trauma of the Old Year’s Night
For many years in Tamil cinema, an actor was considered supremely talented only if he had the ability to laugh and cry at the same time. Such a facial genius was usually expected when a character is dying in the end or bidding a long good-bye to his love, or when he confesses to his […]
Why Rich South Indians Are Austere
Almost all famous comedians, when they appear in public, look very serious. There can be several ordinary reasons for this. For instance, the default human face is grave. In fact, the face of joy itself is not a smile but an impassive face. Also, only bores and people with personality disorder try to be funny […]
The Reason Why India Cannot Be Kerala
Every time I see Malayalee women, including my mother, hold their stomachs and laugh, I imagine that someone has told them that Kerala is a “matriarchal” society. That Kerala is “a matriarchal society” is nonsense to such a degree that I have stopped believing even elephants are “matriarchal”.But many other exceptional qualities that Indians attribute […]
“LIKE Jake in the film “Avatar,” Rushdie was a white man in a native’s body who went into the area of darkness and emerged with intel.”
The relationship between Salman Rushdie and India is consecrated in the adjective “Indian-British,” which he is, including the hyphen between. It is a feeble, almost spectral bond, but circumstances have given it a depth that has benefited Rushdie.It is indisputable that he was born in India, in what was then known as Bombay, and that […]