Vicki Baum, the author of “Grand Hotel,” wrote: “you can live down any number of failures, but you can’t live down a great success.” After witnessing the fall and rise of his novel “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” Manuel Puig would agree. Originally released to critical dismissal – “a rather frail little love story” – the […]
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A mythical place called Freedom
While going to the airport, Parvathi asked on an early morning at 3.30 am – do we have freedom? I looked at her surprised, requested her to throw more might on that profound statement. She smiled and explained – “you follow traffic rules, you don’t drive beyond the speed light, you help the old lady […]
