Exotic and irrational entertainment

...books, opera, Bollywood, and other indefensible obsessions

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Monday, May 25, 2015

"Repeating a mistake": Tanu Weds Manu Returns

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In my post on the first entry in this series, "Who cares if Tanu Weds Manu? ," I wrote that "Himanshu Sharma's script...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Attunement: Conversion experiences

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In her New Yorker essay "Some Notes on Attunement" (December 17, 2012), Zadie Smith writes about her intense dislike of Joni Mi...
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Thursday, May 7, 2015

The suffering woman: Meena Kumari

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"I gave my heart to one who loves another" Dil Apna aur Preet Parai (Hopeless love, 1960, directed by Kishore Sahu and gorge...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

In memory of Eduardo Galeano

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In my post about 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die , I wrote that Eduardo Galeano's Memoria del Fuego trilogy (1982-86; transl...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Ten recordings you may not know—but should

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This is not a list of the "best" or the "most essential" classical music recordings. There are already many of those lis...
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