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The writer is the author of The Butterfly Generation and the editor of House Spirit: Drinking in India

Fairytale of New York is a Christmas classic that many music aficionados will turn to this year not least because it is by Shane MacGowan (above), the Irish singer-songwriter who died on November 30 this year. (Image by Arrangement)

Palash Krishna Mehrotra | Fairytales of Christmas

Christmas Echoes: A Melodic Blend of Nostalgia and Tradition, Harmonized with Shane MacGowan's 'Fairytale of New York.

24 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Cover photo of Another Sort of Freedom: A Memoir by Gurcharan Das. (Image by Arrangement)

Book Review | A memoir, journal or laundry list? Or man gargling in...

This is the kind of memoir that leaves nothing out.

18 Nov 2023 11:23 PM IST

Our attitudes to noise also reflect cultural differences. (Image by macrovector on Freepik)

Palash Krishna Mehrotra | The unlikely uses of a noisy mixer-grinder

It comes in handy when one wants to block the noise out, whether from ISKCON or from a tile cutter.

28 Oct 2023 11:51 PM IST

A gun and a jet plane: The story of two face-offs

Goswami, minus the fortification of his studio, reminded me of a tyrannical schoolmaster, found strolling in the local...

5 Feb 2020 3:11 AM IST

Ektaa Kapoor has long argued that her wildly popular soaps are not fantasy but reality with the odd cobra thrown in.

The Indian dictionary of acceptable phrases

We have reached the stage in our democracy where a lamp is called a chair, a stool a shirt and a tubelight the sun.

10 Jan 2020 12:14 AM IST

Students and local residents protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

India burns: Can't stop this thing we started

The State responded with deliberate pointed violence.

24 Dec 2019 1:34 AM IST

The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America By Namrata Verghese Speaking Tiger, Rs 399

Deft and stylish debut explores the Malayali American

Occasionally, Verghese lapses into clich©, the writing can come across as uneven and hurried.

15 Dec 2019 6:37 AM IST

Me, by Elton John Pan Macmillan, Rs 999.

The evolution of Elton John, with his music, drugs, family

Rock n' roll arrived as the great disruptor of the times, so loud and raucous it was a bomb that wouldn't stop going...

17 Nov 2019 2:11 AM IST

Transgender people face challenges in securing adequate healthcare

Millions of transgender people around the world face major challenges in getting adequate medical care despite multiple...

20 Jun 2016 1:53 AM IST