Sitemap - 2015 - Antiserious

“That’s so like a girl!”

Mohenjodaro, a poem by Vidrohi

If it’s Dinner, it Must be Dosa

Mummy, on the Subject of Sex by Stuti Chandra

Nursery

Would You Like Some Ricapulso de Mashed Potatio?

A Saeed Jaffrey Video Interview: One Man, Infinite Characters

The Makeover by Anu Kumar

What to Think of ‘The Travelling Companion’

2124 — A Brave New Country

Chinnamastā (Speaks) by Manash Bhattacharjee

Songs of Childhood: Bhimsen Joshi, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and Others

Script for a Facebook Photo Shoot

The Bores of Academe

Market Research

The Story, the Story

Curtain Call

“Zara Suno, Tum Jao Bhaad Mein”: Akhil Katyal reads Dorothy Parker’s “Indian Summer” in Hindi

Rapid Hindi Speaking Course: The Indian Army Style

Try to walk like a lady and not like the slut: Jamaica Kincaid reads her poem “Girl”

I Wish for an Instruction Manual

Tangles of Leftover Hair

C(ouch)

Old Delhi, New Tricks

dIVERSIONS

Suman’s Longings

Irascible

Being a Lover

miss notyou, your pickledapples

Swara Bhaskar, Piyush Mishra, Swanand Kirkire Tell You Why Poetry Matters When Nothing Else Does

The Fourth Man

Manto Served as Thanda Gosht

After Nandini

Fruit and Notes

When I.S. Johar Turned a pro-Congress Song into a Critique of the Party

Bionic Woman

Poets Then and Now

Piyush Mishra Responds to a Faiz Ahmad Faiz Poem at FTII Protests

Trivia: Two Hrishikesh Mukherjee Films Where the Director Makes Onscreen Appearance

Maru and the Writer

The Trouble of Being ‘Prepared’ on a First Date

The Superman Book Covers That Never Were

Discussing God with my Father

Meet the Samba: An Interview with Mac Mohan

Rare Ismat Chughtai Interview: I am a Photographer, not a Painter

The Warmth of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Ten Thousand Windows

X-Ray

Entry-Out Language: A Picture of the Comings and Goings

Words

The Unexpected Benefits of Mumbai Monsoon

Say Hello to the LGBT Sandwich, the Unsung Cousin of Burger King’s Proud Whopper

words that bleed and fly

Graduation Blues

The Pleasure of Reading, an essay by Margaret Atwood

Namesakes

Contemporary Love

How To Make An Indian Drawing Room In 16 Steps

Remembering the Gazab Ke Din of the 1980s: From Qayamat to Qyamat

What Subject What Subject

A Candy For The Superstitious

Ring Of Spices

Obituary: Arnab Ray, the Greatbong

Three City Poems for Mumbai: A Collage in Paint and Poetry

Because Saffron Is Just Another Colour

An Evening in December ’72

Polaroid Picture of a Face Before Rigor Mortis Sets in

The Humble Cottage that Served as the Lincoln Family Home

What if Random Objects Could Write Semi-Autobiographical Novels

An Incident in the Life of the Immortal Writer Guy de Maupassant

Togetherness Formulae

Silences That Never Broke: Amrita, Sahir and Imroz

Brushing Your Teeth in a Movie

Kaushik Barua interviews Kaushik Barua: Writing a Post-Modern Novel

Shakespeare is Wrong, the Blind do not see Darkness: Borges on Blindness

Moll

Disco King Bappi Lahiri And His Charms

Manto’s Toba Tek Singh, Krishan Chander’s Mian Beevi in Zia Mohyeddin’s Inimitable Voice

The Taste of Golmaal

Jayanta Mahapatra in Mumbai

Stamp

There Can Be No Happy Ending For The Frog Prince In India

Amit Chaudhuri on Kolkata’s Obsession with Adolf Hitler, and What it Could Mean

Aruna Shanbaug 1948–2015

What I Write About When I Write About Bones.

Reading Postures

The Relic

Narendra Modi Meets Xi Jinping And It’s Hindi Chini Hi Bye

When Penis Penalizes

The Thief’s Dinner

Official Causes of Death in a Chinese Prison

Salman Khan Fans Being Human After Bhai Jail Going Looked Certain

Hitlar not Hitler from BJP

It’s High Time We Invent These: Paul Zacharia on the Inventions Humans Need

I read a poem about Breasts

We Put a Slice of Cake Through the How Old Do I Look Test, You Won’t Believe What Happened

“Speaking in a decent way makes one’s words untrustworthy”: Yannis Ritsos on Superficial Morality in Art

Love In Times Of Cholera, Diphtheria Or Typhoid, Maybe?

My Step-Motherland, India

The Bovine Struggle: Beef Ban In “Secular” India

The Super Suit For People With Multiple Sclerosis

Herman Benjamin — The Man Who Prevented Dharmendra from Ruining a Party

The Nakli Munna Can Stop Pretending, We Spotted The Asli One

Günter Grass says Facebook is Shit. Don’t Share this on Facebook

The One Who Should Have Died Instead Of The AIIMS Doctor

Saro and the Pink Plastic Waste Plate

Battles With Autocorrect

Don’t Loo Here. Only Loo-natics would Loo Here

I Am Definitely My Hair

How I became a “pure non-vegetarian”

Aatish (एक कविता)

German Aircrafts Piloting For Credibility

i want to 377 you so bad

How To Eat Beef In Bengal?

Kannada Medium: Future Karnataka Doctors To Keep Apples Away

April Fool Banaya

Deconstructing the Literary Symposium: Does Old Literature Need Activists?

Baba Is The Oldest And The Best Man In The World

Two From British India

Movie Proves India Invented Laptop Long Before The World Knew It

Who Doesn’t Know Shashi Kapoor In Algeria?

Pedro Paramo Reviewed By Juan Rulfo’s Neighbours

Mata Hari from Shillong

The Bucket From The Ice Bucket Challenge Spotted

An Organized Wardrobe Is The Key To Making A Fashion Statement

Net Cafe Refugees: Spending Nights In Internet Cafés in Japan

During The Assam Riots We Found A New Game

Narendra Modi Selling Sarees

Baba Yaga

Measuring Musical Success

Noodles Named After Rabindranath Tagore Is Definitely Indian

A Hijra Story

Was My Grandmother A Feminist?

11 Years Before Sholay When Sambha Danced For Thakur

Where Arvind Kejriwal Eats His Food

Some Notes From The Afterlife…

“That’s Why They Call It An Intro” (Things You Learn At A Book Fair, Contd.)

Inglish: A Shop Named After Yo Yo Honey Singh

5 Hindi Poems From The Poetry Channel You Should Be Visiting

The Devil That Prevents Me From Attending Classes

Watching Moonrise at Hazaribagh Lake with Dr. Subramanian Swami

Sherlock Holmes: Discovering the Border Burghs and, by deduction, the Brig Bazaar

Daily Routine Of The Creative Person You Want To Date. Told Ya So!

Growing Up With Sharon Stone In India Of The 90s

The Persecution of Madhav Tripathi — An Excerpt from Aditya Sudarshan’s Novel

What Makes Movie Titles In Bhojpuri Funny?

10 Honest Questions The Person You Marry Should Be Able To Answer

Pre-written Apologies For The Easily Offended

How A Chetan Bhagat Bestseller Fixed My Love Life

Why Modi Is Not Dating Kejriwal This Valentine’s Day

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Cageriwal

The Pagan’s Progress: How To Make Your Upma And Eat It Too

Bacon, Baked Eggs, and Broccoli: Food My Lovers Taught Me To Love

Where’s the adult cinema for women? It’s time for feminist porn

Mayong, Mother, and Mangaldai: Black Magic That Doesn’t Let Your Rice Boil

Otto Rene Castillo Catches The Apolitical Intellectuals By Their Collars, And Shakes Them

Eczematous by Subimal Misra

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Yetim

Webcomic: Because All Great Novels Need A Bunny

“Satyavati: Fault Lines VIII” by Karthika Naïr

Why Midnight Hawala Is Actually A Midnight Dump

Softspeakers

RajBhog

If Priyam Redican’s poem on menstruation stigma doesn’t move you, nothing will

Video: What Makes A Depressed Obama Happy, In 9 Swift Steps

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Parsimonious

Abki Baar Indo-US Nuclear Deal Yaar

Andey De Prices 10,000 Rupay: The Egg Price Tragedy

Tribute To R K Laxman, Creator Of The Common Man

Babudom Is A Foreign Country

Watch Lata Mangeshkar interview Kishore Kumar

And So The Gift For Obama Is The 30th Indian State

Vinod Kumar Shukla Reading “Vah Aadmi Chala Gaya Garam Coat Pehankar Vichar Ki Tarah”

10 Pieces of Advice For Serious Writers

[ZEE JLF Soundbytes] When Book Censors Are The Best Readers

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Appetight

[ZEE JLF Soundbytes] Naseeruddin Shah & Girish Karnad on movies they did and did not want to miss

Wife Obsessed with Shah Rukh Khan, Concerned Husband Seeks Help

Why I Love The Comforts of Old Hindi Cinema

What Kiran Bedi Thinks When She Thinks

I Am Your Usual Homophobe, And Proud Of It

How To Conduct A Job Interview In Sholay Dialogues

Photoessay: Can A Mannequin Fly?

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Agreeculture

A 9-Year-Old Reviews Kate Darnton’s The Misfits

Questions You Should Not Ask An Astronomer

The Case of Exploding Eggplants

Why Should Hindus Have Four Children?

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Cocoanut

How to Review Books You Haven’t Read

How Indian Science Congress Brought Back Memories of Ancient Indian Science

10 Things You Must Do At A Five Star Hotel. It Doesn’t Happen Every Day

Wear A Bra, If Need Be: Dating Tips For Single Women, 1938

Rape and Revenge, As It Happens In B-Grade Films

Video: Woman Asks Why Must She Settle For A Nice Guy?

Indian Superman Movies We Hope You Weren’t Aware Of

This Rare Chunky Pandey Photoshoot Video From The ’80s Is Internet Gold

AntiSerious Dictionary Word: Nursissus