Hindustan Times
The last couple of months I’ve been watching a lot more TV than I ever have in my whole life. This is not TV that’s airing on TV here. It’s TV acquired from dubious sources and it makes me incredibly happy. Almost as happy as good books do. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 7:27 pm
Filed under Life, india · Tagged Acting, direction, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, Kushal Rani Gulab, production, television programmes, TV
(You’ll see why about halfway though this post, definitely at the end of it)
On Saturday, I went home from the office, clutching a big fat book. For once, it was a relatively traffic free day, and I got home in about half an hour. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Binyawanga Wainana, Expletive Deleted, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, hindustantimes, Joseph Anton, Kushal Rani Gulab, Midnight's Children, One Day I Will Write About this Place, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
I’m reading a book that I can’t believe I’m reading. Soccer Men — Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World’s Most Popular Sport, by Simon Kuper. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Expletive Deleted, Football, hindustantimes, Kushal Rani Gulab, Simon Kuper
I’ve had a cough for more than a month now. A nasty hacking cough that, when I go into a paroxysm, sounds as though I’m going to die on the spot. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged Bombay, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, Kushal Rani Gulab, Mumbai, taking to self
I just read a review of a book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking on the Guardian website. I read the review with interest, but I have no desire to read the book. I’m an introvert myself; I know what the personality (condition?) is like from my own experience. I don’t need pop psychologists to explain it to me. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Blackberry, Expletive Deleted, Guardian, hindustantimes, HT Brunch, HT Café, kushalrani gulab, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking
As a journalist, there are two kinds of contacts I need (personal contacts are a whole different thing). The first is people I’m likely to tap often for information and insights because of their expertise in the subjects I follow, and these are my lifeline. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Filed under Life, Mumbai, New Delhi, books, india · Tagged Bombay: the cities within, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Kushal Rani Gulab, news, sharada
Are you the kind of person who saves up something you love – say, chocolate – for later? To be eaten as a kind of reward or treat after a bad day, or just to savour the infinite pleasure of anticipation?
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(4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Andrea Camilleri, books, bookshop, chocolate, Donna Leon, Guido Brunetti, Harry Potter, hindustantimes, HT blogs, kushalrani gulab
(Or, Work is Going to Ruin My Record)
Oddly, I haven’t read as much as I normally would have these first six weeks of the year. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Filed under books · Tagged Brunch, Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, Ira Trivedi, Jerry Pinto, Kushal Gulab, Love Like That and Other Stories, Mridula Koshy, Palash Krishna Mehrotra, Ranjit Lal, Ravan and Eddie, Rupa Gulab, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Sheba Karim, Tejas Modak, The Butterfly Generation: A Personal Journey into the Passions and Follies of India's Technicolour Youth, The Monk, the Moor & Moses Ben Jalloun, Whispers in the Classroom Voices on the Field
I keep a slim, light torch in my bag for emergencies. A hangover from my youth in power-less Calcutta where there used to be power cuts for anything between 12 and 18 hours a day. Read more
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Filed under books · Tagged calcutta, Expetive Deleted, flipkart, hindustantimes, Kushal Gulab, Lucknow Boy, Stieg Larsson, Vinod Mehta
Worry not about this pompous-sounding headline. I’m not saying a THING about retail FDI, the Lokpal Bill or even the slap on Sharad Pawar’s face. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Filed under Life, Mumbai, books, india · Tagged Expletive Deleted, FDI, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Kushal Rani Gulab, master chef, news, television programmes
