Author Archives: Pronoti Datta
News Corp
The sacking of four Forbes editors is another disconcerting example of how news publications are increasingly being seen as brands. Read More »
MB Recommends: ‘The Tower Of Silence’
A fun detective novel that involves a Parsi vigilante, a British private eye and lots of snakes. Read More »
‘Connected Hum Tum’ Spotlights The Lives Of Mumbai Women
Directed by Paromita Vohra, the new reality TV show is a video diary of sorts of six very different women in the city. Read More »
The Politics Of Dummies
The corporation ought to deal with real civic issues instead of putting mannequins out of sight. Read More »
Text And The City
Murali Ranganathan, who translated Mumbaiche Varnan, the first full-fledged account of Bombay, from Marathi into English, talks about the challenges of tackling the text. Read More »
Lessons To Be Learned From The Bandra-Worli Sea Link
For a start, Mumbai needs more public transport, not more roads. Read More »
Lessons From The Campa Cola Case
Unless there’s greater transparency in the dealings between the BMC and builders, the case will be a short-lived cautionary tale. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Shootout At Wadala’
In Sanjay Gupta’s latest outing, the plot is buried beneath pecs, six packs, cleavage and enough corny lines to fill a book. Read More »
Film Review: ‘Celluloid Man’
This documentary is a fitting homage to film buff and archivist P. K. Nair. Read More »
MB Recommends: ‘Night In Bombay’
Louis Bromfield’s novel tells a love story set in Bombay in the 1930s. Read More »
