Aug3

Courting the Indian paryatak

The new ‘resurgence’ of India and the burgeoning of the ‘great Indian middle class’ are phenomena that are written about ad nauseum. The gushing ‘India-is-so-cool’ and the alarmist ‘beware-India-is-arriving’ sections of the media, have both written about how the Indian consumer is fast becoming a force to reckon with. The more outlandish of these […]

Feb14

Doggerel verse and the plight of Bollywood

Have I just grown a little long in the tooth or do others notice the decline in the quality of lyrics in Bollywood songs these days? I thought we’d seen (and heard) the worst in the Bappida 80s and the Nadeem-Shravan 90s. But apparently, there still are depths to be plumbed by Bollywood lyricists. Now, […]