After sliding the Welcome DVD into the player the other night, before the movie started rolling, this video appeared. It’s a spot against human trafficking, and after a few fragments of vignettes pass by, we hear John Abraham, then Preity Zinta, and finally Amitabh Bachchan, all  speaking out against it. What I found rather jarring, […]

 Look at that lush cover.   Playing, indeed. Today was the official release date of  Melanie Abrams’ first novel. When you read about it in coming days and weeks (my review too, soon), you will likely hear a lot about the S&M in the relationship between Josie, the American grad student, and Devesh, the older […]

Rajni, Kamala and Maddy have all joined forces  on a one-day hunger strike.   They’re  doing it to protest  the attacks in Bangalore on cinemas showing Tamil films by people angered over the Hogenakkal water scuffle.   More here.