The White Library·Feb 10, 2024Varna’s Swan Lake — A Review“You know the thing about writers… you see the world for what it is; you tell us the truth,” she said; her lipstick had seeped into her…
The White Library·Jan 23, 2024Where 12th Fail Failed (For me) (and slightly) (so sorry for the spoilers)(but what did you expect?)I heard the tag “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” last night, and the world started re-arranging itself to make further sense to me: All of those…A response icon1A response icon1
The White Library·Jan 15, 2024Manto’s ‘Top, Under and In Between’ and a giggleI came across the translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Upar, Neeche aur Darmiyaan’ (Top, Under and In Between) today. The story, among many…
The White Library·Jan 12, 2024The attack against ‘Annapoorani’: Another reaction to the “enemy”’s actionsVarun Grover is nearly at the end of his latest comedy tour he calls “Nothing Makes Sense”. I watched him perform this set last year in…
The White Library·Jan 10, 2024On Supreme Court’s decision in Bilkis Bano case: The meaning of ‘ordinary’Azar Nafisi, in Read Dangerously (2022), voiced her fear about extraordinary, incredible, and shocking events turning ‘ordinary’ over a…
The White Library·Jan 9, 2024The cover of Subimal Misra’s ‘Anti-Novels’: I am sorry I am middle classOn 8 February 2023, Subimal Misra died. I didn’t know who he was when he died. I still don’t know who he was now. All I know is I have been…
The White Library·Jan 8, 2024Nazi ‘Essential work’: No Blauschein for literature and historyIn a scene in Thomas Keneally’s ‘Schindler’s Ark’, a professor while waiting for a Blauschein — a blue card that declares what you do is…
