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On Criticism as an Act of Jilted Love
The text of the brief talk I gave last year, at the launch of my debut book, "On Beauty: The Cinema of Sanjay Leela Bhansali"
Dec 7, 2025
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On Flesh & A New (Hot) Short Story
I have a short story in an upcoming anthology "The Only City: Bombay in Eighteen Stories" + some thoughts on David Szalay's brilliant "Flesh"
Oct 6, 2025
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On Beauty & Bhansali’s Cinema—My Debut Book, On Pre-order
The book will be out in November-end. The pre-order links are live.
Nov 4, 2024
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On The Perfect Novel; A Short 2022 Dispatch
I only picked up this novel because a friend, a dearest friend, told me of a wedding toast where the book was quoted.
Dec 30, 2022
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On 1970s Bombay Cinema; A Long Read
The Angry Young Man and the Thinking Woman, between parallel cinema and the thudding success of a mythological drama.
Sep 28, 2022
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On The Satanic Verses
Thinking of Rushdie this Independence Day.
Aug 15, 2022
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On The Film That Must Not Be Named
To tell a story of violence, you have to have an unusual sensitivity to not replicate that same violence, that same poison.
Apr 25, 2022
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On Gangubai Kathiawadi And Sex Work
Embedding the movie in the context of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's art-artifice
Feb 28, 2022
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I'm a writer based out of Mumbai, India. I write weekly essays on culture, literature, fine art, cinema, and photography, rooted in rigorous politics and philosophy.
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