Pooja Pillai is a Senior Assistant Editor (National Editorial and Opinion section). She writes at the intersection of society and culture, with a focus on cinema, technology, food and books. She closely tracks politics in South and West India,...Read More
Pooja Pillai is a Senior Assistant Editor (National Editorial and Opinion section). She writes at the intersection of society and culture, with a focus on cinema, technology, food and books. She closely tracks politics in South and West India, and is the host of the Indian Express's weekly video podcast 'DeshKaal with Yogendra Yadav'
 
		 
						
					May 19, 2024 22:16 IST
For expanding our palates, a tip of the toque to Raghunandan Kamath, founder of Natural, and others...
Mon, May 20, 2024 
						
					Apr 27, 2024 15:16 IST
Written in crisp journalistic prose, it draws from the author's love for the...
Sat, Apr 27, 2024 
						
					Apr 10, 2024 19:16 IST
There is cinema from the state that depicts its best stories:The many, everyday moments of love and...
Thu, Apr 11, 2024 
						
					Mar 14, 2024 19:04 IST
Don’t get too comfortable, the film 'The Zone of Interest', warns us, because this isn’t about...
Thu, Mar 14, 2024 
						
					Mar 03, 2024 15:42 IST
It does not allow its protagonist's ambition to become a weapon in the hands of a society that...
Mon, Mar 04, 2024 
						
					Jan 07, 2024 18:23 IST
Violence cannot be an end in itself. There is a before and after which must be reckoned with and...
Mon, Jan 08, 2024 
						
					Dec 28, 2023 19:25 IST
The journey of curry — the word, the concept and indeed the food — shows the inadequacy of the...
Fri, Dec 29, 2023 
						
					Dec 22, 2023 17:51 IST
From the wrestlers in Delhi to the Kerala film industry — committees, publicity and support have...
Fri, Dec 22, 2023 
						
					Dec 07, 2023 11:34 IST
In focusing exclusively on the performance of violence without adequately explaining how any man...
Fri, Dec 08, 2023 
						
					Nov 25, 2023 14:00 IST
The film is brave because a mainstream superstar plays an openly queer character and it has the...
Tue, Nov 28, 2023 
						
					Nov 18, 2023 15:57 IST
The cloistered life of academia, of ‘ivory towers’ and the ‘life of the mind’, is not one...
Sat, Nov 18, 2023 
						
					Nov 07, 2023 18:56 IST
The novel won the Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year Award for Fiction this year and it is also...
Tue, Nov 07, 2023 
						
					Oct 07, 2023 11:32 IST
More than the shimmer of her gown, it was the utter self-confidence with which Aishwarya Rai...
Mon, Oct 09, 2023 
						
					Sep 24, 2023 21:51 IST
In Firefly Memories, each poem is lit from within, powered by recollections from the vast canvas of...
Sun, Sep 24, 2023 
						
					Sep 05, 2023 12:21 IST
Tejashwi Yadav talks about working towards a ‘progressive’ and ‘positive’ politics. To be...
Tue, Sep 05, 2023 
						
					Jul 29, 2023 15:33 IST
Every issue O’Connor flagged was, some years later, acknowledged as a real problem: Mental health...
Sun, Jul 30, 2023 
						
					Jun 20, 2023 11:58 IST
No amount of devotional fervour can cover a poorly-written and executed film. The audience, not...
Tue, Jun 20, 2023 
						
					Jun 13, 2023 18:11 IST
After all, the scene in which Tara screams about the greatness of Hindustan, also shows him...
Tue, Jun 13, 2023 
						
					May 29, 2023 19:46 IST
His words did not glorify the vision and vanity projects of one regime. They are not the cringing...
Mon, May 29, 2023 
						
					May 06, 2023 19:26 IST
The fictionalised account of a former queen seems more in touch with contemporary sentiments than a...
Sat, May 06, 2023 
						
					Mar 14, 2023 03:14 IST
In 2022, Writing with Fire by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, which followed the story of Khabar...
Tue, Mar 14, 2023 
						
					Mar 13, 2023 11:12 IST
Indian documentaries have been receiving global recognition. But documentary makers in India remain...
Tue, Mar 14, 2023 
						
					Mar 05, 2023 12:07 IST
Beyond the silliness of a jalebi’s description on a Pakistani restaurant’s menu are questions...
Sun, Mar 05, 2023 
						
					Mar 04, 2023 07:30 IST
Actor Bhavana who returns with a new film, opens up on her struggle and being at the centre of a...
Sun, Mar 05, 2023 
						
					Feb 25, 2023 06:01 IST
Vinay Lal’s book traces ideas about the freedom struggle and the nation have on the Indian mind...
Sat, Feb 25, 2023