Paramita Ghosh

To some French, love is being struck by a thunderbolt. An element of risk, the unsettling of the heart, a sudden recognition of the familiar in the unfamiliar – it is all these things and more.

To some French, love is being struck by a thunderbolt. An element of risk, the unsettling of the heart, a sudden recognition of the familiar in the unfamiliar –

Few auteurs would allow another camera so close to their face while their own camera was on, but Satyajit Ray and Nemai Ghosh clearly had, as they say, ‘an understanding'. Ghosh's camera trailed Ray not only when he was filming but also when he was thinking; when Ray was the subject of a documentary; when his actors, such as Smita Patil, shot him smoking his pipe with their cameras to keep a memento from Sadgati, her Ray film; and even when Ray was taking a walk on his balcony at home after his health took a hit in the 1990s. Ghosh had access, pure and simple.

NEW DELHI: Can sandwiches and conspiracy theories be sliced with the same knife? Former army men, retired bureaucrats, and the second and third generations of c

BOYA sits at the end of a road on Malcha Marg with a big grey box-like façade—looking as if it doesn't want to be found out. Still dimly lit after one has raised a grey curtain to enter it, the sunlight filters in at a tangent though the high glass ceiling. Inside, it feels like an exclusive club—where waiters will know you by name and know the expensive wine you prefer.

From England, Emily Eden, the artist sister of the second governor-general, Lord Auckland (1836-42), carried into 19 th -century India her easel, her unshakeable faith in the superiority of the British race, and her sniffiness.

In 2024, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad moved a state high court in a case involving two lions sharing a cage. An Akbar, it pointed out, could not keep house with a Sita. As a first step to avoid hurting majoritarian sentiments, a name change for the lioness was considered. Next, the zoo officer responsible for the naming was suspended by the state government.

If India’s post-Independence story can be compared to a castle, it has had its occupiers—lords and families, their household gods, and some burghers with a foot

The publishing biggie of the year seems to belong to Harper Collins. The house has just confirmed publishing Sonia Gandhi's memoir,

The publishing biggie of the year belongs to HarperCollins, which on Friday morning confirmed it was publishing Sonia's memoir, one of the most anticipated political ‘autobiographies' of our times.