Author Archives: Nayantara Kilachand
Book Review: ‘Em and The Big Hoom’
Jerry Pinto’s new novel is a poignant look at life with a mentally-ill mother. Read More »
Rashid Rana Puts Us In Our Place
The Pakistani artist’s ambitious new show reveals we’re all just specks in the same global mass. Read More »
Can Gourmet Food Go Mass Market?
Abhay Jaiswal and Arjun Gadkari, the founders of an ambitious new food company, are betting that it can. Read More »
Restaurant Review: Nitya Sagar
A Trishna competitor wields a heavy-hand while spicing seafood. Read More »
Restaurant Review: Café Zoe
Lower Parel’s new brasserie is the happy sort of place that transports you to other realms. Read More »
Book Review: ‘Opening Night’ by Diksha Basu
One day, somebody will write a brilliant novel on the perils of breaking into Bollywood. That day has yet to come. Read More »
Food Review: Cafe by the Beach
With a view like this, who cares about anything else? It’s more than enough to make you overlook the passable food. Read More »
Food Review: Yauatcha
The dim-sum serving second cousin to Hakkasan is exactly the kind of place to show off to new clients; sadly the same cannot be said about the food. Read More »
Book Review: Revolution 2020
In Chetan Bhagat’s latest, ‘Revolution 2020′, language, plot, character development and just about anything that vaguely defines what makes a good book take a back seat to the notion that the author is a weather-vane for current youth sentiment. Read More »
Right Back At You
A cross-section of society—grieving mothers, migrant workers, young girls who dream of a better future—is documented in Sakshi Gallery’s group showing of portraiture, where the viewer is unwittingly the spectator as well as the subject. Read More »
MB Recommends: ‘Unbroken’ by Laura Hillenbrand
This crackling true-life account of Olympic runner and POW Louis Zamperini is an astonishing tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. Read More »
Long View
Globalisation might have made the world flat, but it’s also wreaked havoc on our eco systems. This fragility and sense of flux is a central theme to “Hold On”, currently on display at Gallery Maskara. Read More »
Food Review: Hakkasan
It should be said at the outset, that no matter the verdict on the food, you’re likely to go to Hakkasan at least once. Even if you abhor Chinese food (and really, is there an Indian that does?), you’ll want to peek at the sexy wood confines of this lounge/restaurant. Read More »
Treasure Hunting
The fun in Jitish Kallat’s latest art show is finding the works in the first place. Read More »
A New Lease of Life
Am ambitious new art conservation centre at the Museum is hoping to establish a fledgling field. Read More »
