Remembering JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

J D Salinger, the recluse, has become elusive forever.   The immortal opening line in The Catcher in the Rye  "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll......

Author JD Salinger passes away

Best selling American author Jerome David 'JD' Salinger has died in New Hampshire where he lived for more than fifty years after stepping back from spotlight to live in quiet seclusion. He was 91.......

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

Did Cuban cigars thaw US-Cuba relations?

'The irresistible Cuban cigars, which acquire their unique flavour as they are rolled on the thighs of Cuban women have always been the ultimate temptation for cigar connoisseurs in the US,' says......

Game of Thrones enters Guinness World Records 2016

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Image: Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Games of Thrones Popular television series Game of Thrones has found a place in the new......

The Best of Telluride Film Festival

This year’s Telluride Film Festival was full of surprises -- rich, thrilling, amazing new films from Hollywood as well as abroad. Since this was the 40th anniversary of the......

Review: Kapoor & Sons is an absorbing layered family drama

What’s eating the Kapoors? Sukanya Verma gives you some answers. If it’s not complicated, it’s probably not real.  For families fight, they get on each other’s nerves......

Review: Tree Of Life is too self-indulgent

Aseem Chhabra says Brad Pitt-starrer The Tree Of Life is a self-indulgent piece of cinema. Post YOUR reviews here!Today, the world of cinema is divided between two types of film lovers. The first......