Read an excerpt from Devesh Verma s The Politician, a fast-paced novel about ambition, power and politics The Politician s protagonist Ram Mohan is an intrepid and ambitious young man in newly independent India, who refuses to be held down by his humble origins. Devesh Verma February 16, 2021 11:15:57 IST
Devesh Verma s The Politician
(Penguin Random House) is a fast-paced, electrifying political saga based in Uttar Pradesh. Having grown up there, Devesh writes candidly about the lawlessness and allure of power and politics that exist in the state.
The Politician s
protagonist Ram Mohan is an intrepid and ambitious young man in newly independent India, who refuses to be held down by his humble origins. Spurred on by his diehard optimism, he aims for things usually inaccessible to people of his extraction. However, he soon realizes that without political or bureaucratic power,
Johnny Pacheco, salsa idol and co-founder of Fania Records, dies at 85 Pacheco was the music director, composer, arranger and producer, overseeing Fania Records genre of music that came to be known as salsa a mixture of Cuban mambo, guaracha and chachachá, Puerto Rican rhythms and Dominican meringue. The Associated Press February 16, 2021 12:13:41 IST Johnny Pacheco was well-known for creating and popularising the genre of salsa music. Image via The Associated Press/ Wilfredo Lee
New York: Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died on 15 February. He was 85.
Curious case of Aravind Adiga as a famous literary recluse: Booker-winning author is anomaly in publishing world In an inversion of the mantra that marketing is a necessary evil, the bane of an author’s existence that ultimately has its reward, Adiga refuses to do too much publicity around his books, often to the chagrin of his publishers. Nawaid Anjum February 16, 2021 11:04:58 IST Aravind Adiga. Photo by Fernando Morales
Aravind Adiga, the Booker Prize-winning author of
The White Tiger (2008), has always struck me as India’s most famous literary recluse, an anomaly in the modern publishing world where the order of the day seems to be: Publicise
As Buffy alumni speak out against Joss Whedon, fans reckon with show creator s troubling legacy For years, fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer have had to reconcile their adoration for a show about a teenage girl who slays monsters, with the criticism that often swirled around her creator. (L) Joss Whedon was accused of abusing his power on numerous occasions. on the sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel by actress Charisma Carpenter. Buffy s star Sarah Michelle Gellar was among those who expressed support for Carpenter. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. (R) Still from BtVS
The Whedon Studies Association, a society of academics devoted to studying the works of Joss Whedon, is debating whether to change its name. Fans who grew up with his signature show,
Remembering Chick Corea: From Spain to Sorceress, 12 essential performances from the virtuoso Corea helped enrich the lexicon of jazz, merging its harmonic language with the heaviness (and amplification) of rock and funk. Chick Corea in1976. Polydor Records/Wikimedia Commons
Chick Corea, the pioneering keyboardist and bandleader who died last Tuesday at 79, will be forever regarded as a crucial architect of jazz-rock fusion.
It’s a fitting one-line tribute. Whether on his own, leading the collective Return to Forever or accompanying giants like Miles Davis (on landmark albums including “In a Silent Way” and “Bitches Brew”), Corea helped enrich the lexicon of jazz, merging its harmonic language with the heaviness (and amplification) of rock and funk. But no description, even one this broad, can encompass a vision so limitless.