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Dhanush back to being a reckless lover; Urdu lessons from Naseeruddin Shah; sequel to the lovely Zootopia; a must-watch Taiwanese film on Netflix, and a sharp documentary on who gets to tell the truth vis-à-vis the Vietnam War. In our list of must-watches.

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[tere ishk mein, dhanush, zootopia 2, stranger things, left handed girl, movies, ott]

As the cold sets in, and the mind wants to stay still and lock in to a dark thriller, here's a list of 13 crime novels meant to hit the right spots.

'Nordic crime' became a household name with 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' in the mid-aughts, but the genre goes all the way back to the mid-'60s, and has since had a striking evolution keeping pace with global politics.

This piece also works as a genre primer.

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Link in bio.


[nordic crime, nordic noir, millennium trilogy, stieg larsson, martin beck, henning mankell, jo nesbo, crime novels, thrillers]

As an actor, Shah Rukh Khan is more signifier than s*x symbol—often a survival tool for Indian women in a damaging, violent culture of patriarchy.

In this deeply personal essay, poet-author Manjiri Indurkar () reveals her intimate relationship with a distant superstar—who came to be a kind voice in her head, first when she was a lonely, abused child, and later as an adult struggling with trauma. Her essay offers a moving look at how movies shape and save our inner selves.

Find Manjiri's essay via the link in bio.


[shah rukh khan, srk, personal essay, mental health, manjiri indurkar]

This is the Advisory—your weekend edition of all things delightful.

As King Khan—Shah Rukh himself—turns 60 tomorrow, we feature a stirring, deeply personal essay from poet-author Manjiri Indurkar ().

Next, curl up in a razai through the winter months with a book or two…or 20! We have a massive list of recent and upcoming fiction and nonfiction titles from India and beyond.

Further, the story of MS Randhawa, a Civil Services officer who almost single-handedly built the art collection at Chandigarh Museum.

And, as always, we’ve curated the best new shows and films to binge-watch this weekend.

Head over to the link in our bio to read more!


[SRK, Reading, Books, Shah Rukh Khan, Art, Culture, MS Randhawa, Chandigarh, Films, TV]

Contrary to Halloween’s ghoulish spirit, our in-house horror connoisseur has a reading list focused on the purely non-supernatural.

(This is the only list on the internet where you will find Alan Moore, Satyajit Ray and Thomas Ligotti together)


[halloween, halloween reads, horror fiction, weird fiction, shirley jackson, satyajit ray, alan moore, thomas ligotti, bret easton ellis, brian evenson, harlan ellison, cormac mccarthy, eliza clark]