It's a heady mix of cricket, Bollywood and hype and we are all its victims. Shah Rukh Khan peeps out from the frontpage of every Kolkata newspaper. The boy from Delhi who made his fortune in Mumbai has decided to make Kolkata his third home. And he's succeeding. Even non-fans ...

That's what the sedate-looking gentleman behind me demanded of the twenty-somethings dancing to 'Om Shanti Om'. He didn't want directions. Genuine wonder combined with exasperation gave rise to this question.

The venue wasn't Tantra or Venom or any other nightclub at a...

A red-and-blue fake Nike bag sitting unattended near a Metro station ticket counter draws suspicious glances from all sides. A mental red alert signal goes off. A bomb? Guns? More RDX? Some shuffle their feet uncomfortably, pass a sidelong glance at the cop frisking regular-lo...

Kolkata. Capital of West Bengal. Once upon a time, India’s culture capital; now, it is the country’s ‘Cancer Capital’. And each year when winter traipses in, it’s easy to see why. The fog ruling yesteryear’s winters is no more. It's been dethroned by its 21st centu...