Qalandar

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...

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...

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 ...

The charms of Maheshenthe Prathikaaram , Dileesh Pothan’s 2016 directorial debut, cannot be reduced to its plot, fresh though this...

My review is up on H-Net; thank you Professor Guha for commissioning it!

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...

There is a certain magic to Phillauri, Anshai Lal's directorial debut for actress-producer Anushka Sharma, and i...

--> I more than enjoyed Dangal: it was fantastically well-made, uniformly well-acted, and pulled off the di...

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)...