Published Essays and Articles
Cinema
is the magic lantern
through which society peeps at itself.
In my column, A-muse-ment, I try to analyse how
moving pictures speak to
human minds.
| Date | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2015 | The Exotic Marigold Hotel Enterprise: Happywallah Cliché | |
| 01 May 2015 | A Few Films, An Actor and the Industry - Part 2 | |
| 10 Apr 2015 | A Few Films, An Actor and the Industry - Part 1 | |
| 02 Jul 2014 | A Burp of Freedom | |
| 14 Apr 2014 | Bollywood: At Home in the World | |
| 24 Mar 2014 | Adaptation (2002): Creativity Negotiating Entertainment | |
| 23 Feb 2014 | The Quintessential Actor: Nawazuddin Siiddiqui | |
| 06 Feb 2014 | The Mother (2003): Crossing Lines |
As Editor-World Literature of Atticus Review, I spill my passionate ink for all things wordy - the fine craft and the objective impactfulness of words put out into the world.
| Date | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2015 | Book Review: The Weightless World | |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Book Review: These Foolish Things | |
| 21 Jun 2015 | Ass in Chair: An Interview with Antonia Murphy | |
| 21 Jun 2015 | Getting Down and Dirty | |
| 03 Jun 2015 | Ducks in a Bookshop: An Interview with Sarah Henshaw | |
| 03 Jun 2015 | Of Books and Boats | |
| 10 Jul 2014 | Shifting Junk for Jewels...and Other Stories | |
| 12 Jun 2014 | Letters from Leeds: Joy Rises from the Dead | |
| 16 Apr 2014 | Being Lost, Being Found | |
| 20 Mar 2014 | Old Love, New Playgrounds |
Only a humbug says money doesn’t matter! In Travelandy, I discuss how to cover more miles on less moolah.
| Date | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2015 | Vegetarian Delicacies from around the World | |
| 07 Jul 2015 | Let's Bust some Vegetarian Travel Myths | |
| 09 Feb 2015 | That Narcotic Call of the Road | |
| 02 Feb 2015 | How Low can you Go and Why you Should | |
| 28 Nov 2014 | Five Things a Budget Traveler Should Be |
An interest in all things Oriental led me to a new beginning and in turn to EAST Magazine.
Winter 2015
Haibun of a Lonely Traveller


Rupkatha Journal
is where I show off my pretensions to be scholarly.
| Volume | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Volume VI, Number 2, 2014 | Book Review: Santal Creation Stories |
Does border define nationality? In
The Times of India, I look at what constitutes and is perceived as Indian-ness.
| Date | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2015 | Leeds Remembers its Forgotten Indian War Hero | |
| 17 Jul 2015 | Indians Living Abroad take to Food Writing | |
| 20 Feb 2015 | Neighbouring Kindness | |
| 01 Dec 2014 | Rediscovering 'India' in a Western Library | |
| 06 Oct 2014 | Disability and Employment in India | |
| 09 Sep 2014 | Whatever Happened to Family Meal | |
| 08 Sep 2014 | Explaining Indian Diversity to Outsiders is Difficult | |
| 07 Aug 2014 | The Indian Face of Burberry | |
| 11 Jul 2014 | Re-mapping Parenthood | |
| 16 Jun 2014 | India-Bangladesh border: A Gate Viewed Long Ago | |
| 16 Jun 2014 | Rabindranath Tagore and the Indian-Asian Identity | |
| 12 May 2014 | A Miss is as Good as a Mile |





