About Author: Supriya Nair
Posts by Supriya Nair
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What does a rockstar think of "Rockstar"?
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsIt may be mildly embarassing to think that we are producing movies called Rockstar in 2011. But we assume Imtiaz Ali has a plan. Since it’s a plan in which... -
A Trombay Time Machine: On the sets of MTV Unplugged India
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsWhat do they have in Trombay? If you’re a moderately ignorant Bombayite, just atomic facilities, a naval base, industrial settlements, a creek, and a population of annoyingly studious South Indian... -
'I'll take that as a compliment': a Q&A with Mohammed Hanif
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsPlayful, savage and tender, Mohammed Hanif’s fiction oscillates between brutality and delicacy the way superheroes leap across buildings - in the blink of an eye, in a single bound. In both modes, his work is intensely accessible and intensely felt -
On Cancelling 'Harud,' the Kashmir Literature Festival
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsYesterday, we were sent an email from the organisers of Harud, the Kashmiri literature festival, announcing the indefinite postponement of the event. …Born out of the best intentions to platform... -
A chat with Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsI, like many others, heard the first announcement of a book from David Davidar’s exciting Aleph Book Company yesterday, when the delightful Musharraf Ali Farooqi tweeted: “My new novel BETWEEN... -
Suit No. 19
Posted on August 8, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s National Book Week. The rules are: Grab the closest book to you. Turn to page 56. Copy the 5th sentence as your status. Don’t mention the book. Post these... -
Karachi, Mumbai and the aftermath of disaster
Posted on July 25, 2011 | No CommentsI was working on last week’s Lounge story about the altruism of temporary “disaster communities” when I came across the now-memetic contention in The Times of India about Mumbai being... -
Coke Studio@MTV: Episode Four
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s been raining in Mumbai for the last twenty-four million hours or so. It is the perfect evening for a hot fried snack, ginger tea and Coke Studio. I still... -
Coke Studio@MTV: Episode Two
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsNobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. Perhaps because of this reporter’s own reservations about the music on the opening episode of Coke... -
Coke Studio@MTV: Episode One
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been preparing to write this blog since early this morning by putting my Coke Studio (Pakistan) collection on loop. Over the last year, the seventy-odd songs from the last...