Qalandar
Sunday, September 16, 2018
MANMARZIYAN (Hindi; 2018)
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Manmarziyan opens with a shot of the Golden Temple, the sort of thing that in recent times has been one of the lazier clichés in Hi...
Saturday, August 11, 2018
A Brief Note on THE SHADOW EMPEROR (2018)
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The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Schom My rating: 2 of 5 stars Schom's book should be interesting, and at the...
Friday, August 10, 2018
Requiem for Test Cricket
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It’s best to begin with a series that isn't taking place right now, and on a note you’ve heard before: a few months ago, Australia ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Maheshenthe Prathikaaram (Malayalam; 2016)
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The charms of Maheshenthe Prathikaaram , Dileesh Pothan’s 2016 directorial debut, cannot be reduced to its plot, fresh though this...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Book Review: Kashmir's Contested Pasts
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My review is up on H-Net; thank you Professor Guha for commissioning it!
Wednesday, May 03, 2017
A Brief Note on "A Colony in a Nation" (2017)
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A Colony in a Nation by Christopher L. Hayes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hayes' book is far more than a polemic about America's racial...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
PHILLAURI (Hindi; 2017)
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There is a certain magic to Phillauri, Anshai Lal's directorial debut for actress-producer Anushka Sharma, and i...
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Why I Have Nothing to Say About Dangal
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--> I more than enjoyed Dangal: it was fantastically well-made, uniformly well-acted, and pulled off the di...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
A Brief Note on Visaranai (Tamil; 2016)
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I just saw Visaaranai , and I don't think I can write a review of the film. Or rather, there's something obscene about (merely)...
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