Samit Basu

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Basically I’m a Jedi

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside … Continue reading →

Meme in the momorning

Total Number of Books I Own: 280 in Delhi, many more in Cal. Have no idea how many, we have a fairly large family library at home…but are those books I own? Anyway, the Delhi number is constrained by the space I have to keep books (minimal) Last Book I Bought: Am on a fantasy … Continue reading →

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Youth

Dr. Borphitz, the walrus-moustached Stalin-look-alike Austrian psychiatrist inside my head, leaned forward with an intrigued expression.‘Vot are ze zymptoms?’ he asked.‘Ambition. Discontent. Boredom. Restlessness,’ I replied. ‘Sleeplessness. Daydreams. Occasional compulsive indulgence in addictive substances. Intense, inexplicable attraction to nearest available young woman. Much pontification on the lines of “What does it all mean?” and “Where … Continue reading →

The TOI Saratchandra article

As Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Sanjay Dutt-Saif Khan starrer Parineeta rolls into our lives with yet another sprawling array of lavish sets, period costumes and haunting melodies, a large chunk of our nation’s devoted movie-watching public will be reading the credits and wondering, once again, ‘Based on the novel by Sarat who?’But Indian audiences down the … Continue reading →

Cover version

Good news from Penguin; Simoqin is being rejacketed, and the Manticore cover will be in the same design. Which means I have to dig up my original list of cover ideas, work on it a little, and send them my suggestions. If you have any blindingly good ideas for the cover, now is the time … Continue reading →

Neil Gaiman on reviews

Reviews are opinions. That’s all. And I’ve had so many of them over the years that they tend not to stay in my head longer than it takes to read them. When I was much younger I’d walk around the house and put together long letters in my head to the reviewers I’d never send. … Continue reading →

Me reviewing

Read this. Then this. Then this.Will probably start book reviews for HT also. Theoretically, I write reviews for Express, TOI, TimeOut and BS, though I havent actually done any. Running the Tejpal test on myself, here is my reading: I am a clever, former collegiate ‘quiz competition’ type. A media journeyman, an out of work … Continue reading →

Cooler

I have a new cooler. Its absolutely brilliant. The temptation to spend the whole day in bed grows ever greater. But am midway through my workday now, having written one script about the movie smoking ban and another about the 20,000 rupee brigadier with the fruit-canning wife. have to figure out by today where the … Continue reading →

Gemmell deconstructed

Druss – spelt backwards – is Ssurd.