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Last modified on Mon 1 Feb 2021 10.10 EST In 1988, Pankaj Mishra was a would-be writer in Varanasi, north India, whiling away his days reading the American critic Edmund Wilson. In books such as Axel’s Castle and To the Finland Station, Mishra detected a temperament he could aspire to: erudite, self-assured, swiftly able to read between the lines of a book into the author’s worldview and the wider social and historical milieu, “a man wholly devoted to reading and thinking and w...

Books Rohit Warrier, Founder and Director, Warrier Safe Shields loves to read biographies of successful people. "I find them inspiring. There is loads to learn from their journeys and their learning as they forged ahead in life. Recent books that I read fall in this category too. Steve Jobs – By Walter Issacson, Elon Musk- Tesla, Space-x and the quest for a fantastic future – by Ashlee Vance, On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist – by Clarissa Ward," he told ET Panache. From Steve...

Deepika Padukones JNU visit to Laxmii title, biggest Bollywood controversies of 2020 Deepika Padukones JNU visit to Laxmii title, biggest Bollywood controversies of 2020 Be it Deepika Padukone’s JNU visit in solidarity with the students, or the title of Akshay Kumar’s Laxmii allegedly hurting Hindu community’s sentiments, 2020 saw a lot happening in the film world. advertisement Deepika Padukones JNU visit to Akshays Laxmii title row. Bollywood is a place where a tweet can lead to a war a...

In the 1880 British elections, William Scott, the Earl of Dalkeith, was in for a nasty surprise when the pamphlet ‘Political Achievements of the Earl of Dalkeith’ was circulated in Scotland. On opening it, a prospective voter would find 32 blank pages. Almost a century-and-a-half later, the joke still hasn’t got old. Matteo Salvini of the right-wing Italian party Northern League was a recent victim of this ‘novel’ prank, when a 110-empty-pager titled, Why Salvini Deserves Trust, Resp...

How Binge-Watch Became The Buzz Word Of A Depressing Year Stuck indoors because of the Covid-induced lockdown, 2020 witnessed a huge shift in the way entertainment content was consumed in the country Representational Image Outlook Web Bureau 2020-12-16T15:22:02+05:30 How Binge-Watch Became The Buzz Word Of A Depressing Year outlookindia.com 2020-12-16T15:32:16+05:30 Also read Everything may have come to a screeching halt for the major part of the outgoing year owing to...

Paatal Lok To Indian Matchmaking: 2020 Was The Year Of Trending Web-Series Paatal Lok To Indian Matchmaking: 2020 Was The Year Of Trending Web-Series While some web-series kept us on the edge of our seats, others had us imagining our ideal outfits once the pandemic ends Jaideep Ahlawat in a still from Paatal Lok. (courtesy: primevideoin) Highlights Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives and Mirzapur 2 were hits too Bandish Bandits and A Suitable Boy were musical delights New Delhi: 2020 might...

Including Let Them All Talk, The Wilds, A Suitable Boy, and Wolfwalkers by Norman Wilner on December 11th, 2020 at 9:00 PM 1 of 5 2 of 5 Our critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of December 11, and list everything new to VOD and streaming platforms. A Suitable Boy (Mira Nair) Mira Nair’s landmark BBC miniseries is an expensive, elaborate adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel, and the first such production to feature an almost entirely South Asian cast. Seth...

AVC: Is it fair to say that you’ve been thinking about this book as a filmmaker since you read it? MN: Not at all. I read it as a reader—twice, I loved it so much. It inspired me, but I never even thought at that time that I would make it into a film. This was 1993. TV streaming series and long-form cinema were not in the vocabulary. I’m an independent feature filmmaker, and I never thought to make it a series. AVC: It’s really visually stunning, right from the beginning. MN: It is also...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Nobody throws a wedding party like Mira Nair. Her six-part series, "A Suitable Boy," opens at a wedding - piles of flower petals, bright saris twirling, brilliant turbans swirled as a bride and groom, who have spent perhaps an hour together total, under the gaze of a chaperone, are joined for life. At a moment of supreme celebration, a young woman, Lata, tells her mother... (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "A SUITABLE BOY") TANYA MANIKTALA: (As Lata Mehra) I dont think I ever want to...

Sarah Megan Thomas and Radhika Apte are proud their ‘A Call to Spy’ characters ‘didn’t do it for a man’ Sarah Megan Thomas and Radhika Apte are proud their ‘A Call to Spy’ characters ‘didn’t do it for a man’ Updated: Updated: December 14, 2020 13:41 IST The two stars chat about what espionage film ‘A Call to Spy’ has taught them, and how the world of women spies is still untapped Share Article AAA Talking espionage Radhika Apte and Sarah Megan Thomas in a scene from A Ca...