Fiction pick: A ‘partly mad, partly sane’ man’s nonsense rhymes delight the village children

Villagers whisper about our neighbour’s middle-aged brother, Gunasekhar, whom we all know as a man with two heads and hence ...

The Cameos You Almost Miss: When Writers Turn Up on Screen

From Truman Capote and Martin Amis to Girish Karnad, the essayist shows how some writers treat acting as a parallel or playful extension of their creative lives The essay argues that cinema quietly ...