Devdutt Pattanaik ‘The Pregnant King’ is Devdutt Pattanaik’s first work of fiction, in which he takes the story of Yuvanashva and distorts the timeframes to juxtapose it with characters in the Mahabharata, whereas in reality, the tale of Yuvanashva is recounted twice in the epic, as one predating it by many generations. Yuvanashva’s tale is […]
Clubd rewards you for frequenting your favourite hangouts in town. In conversation with founder Ishwar Sundararaman. [scribd id=120021160 key=key-jlk649y8grtue9399od mode=scroll]
A couple of weeks back, I’d written about the increasing broadcast tendencies on social platforms. Some events last week reminded me of something I’d tweeted a while back – “let’s make it trend” is the new “let’s make a viral” — manu prasad (@manuscrypts) May 11, 2012 It is, for better or worse, an item […]
Anjum Hasan’s “Difficult Pleasures” is borderline surreal, the jacket told me. She would be in my top 3 favourite authors list, and I am completely awed by her writing (check the last para here) but I wonder if even that can explain the surreal thought I had as I read the first few pages. Can […]
First appeared in Bangalore Mirror. Brunton Road holds a special place in my heart. My first office in Bangalore was there. So it was a neat coincidence that those who accompanied me for the review were my friends from that office. 🙂 But before we lose ourselves in nostalgia, here’s how to get there. The […]