Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to join in despite the heat — 43.7 degrees in Delhi and climbing — and Jai Arjun Singh, great to have the Jabberwock and Hurree Babu share a stage. This was fun!😎

This lovely new book has arrived with lots of in-depth and fun pieces on the Hindi cinema of the 70s. I have written a piece on the underrated lyrical geniuses from the decade.

Edited by nirupama kotru🍁🌈🇮🇳 and Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri.

Available on Amazon: amazon.in/Swinging-Seven…

Thanks to everyone who's signed up for A Suitable Agency's brand-new book club!

We're kicking off on May 18 with a chat between Jai Arjun Singh, me and you — this filled up fast, but there's room for one or two more.

If you'd like to join us, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congratulations, Nilanjana!

Have you #SuitablyBooked yourself for our book club’s first session happening at India Habitat Centre on May 18, at 7 pm, where we have Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 discussing her highly acclaimed novel ‘Black River’ with Jai Arjun Singh and you?

RSVP now: forms.gle/KrsAYZVjjg1C9z…

Reviewed this two-volume anthology of crime writing, comprising 36 stories that range from classic pulp to meta-fiction. Lots of good things in it: scroll.in/article/106735…

‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre by Jai Arjun Singh
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About Jerry Pinto's Murder in Mahim

Here is a very nice write-up about the Swinging Seventies book launch. Thanks for this, Arushi - it made me nostalgic about my early years in blogging, 20 years ago, when I used to write quite a bit about the events I attended

We are delighted by the response to #SuitablyBooked —our new book club hosted by India Habitat Centre and curated by us.

Here are details regarding our first session on 18 May, as we have Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 discussing ‘Black River’ with Jai Arjun Singh and you.

Register here: tinyurl.com/n3b3zk4r

If you grew up in 1970s, bring your children. If u grew up in new millennium, bring your parents. The Delhi launch of 'The Swinging '70s' Sat 4th May. Register at habitatworld.com/hff/details.ph…
nirupama kotru🍁🌈🇮🇳 Shantanu Chaudhuri kaveree bamzai Aseem Chhabra Jai Arjun Singh Uday Bhatia Avijit Ghosh Gautam Chintamani

Even for fans of mainstream Hindi cinema, Manoj Kumar’s Roti Kapada aur Makaan – the biggest hit of its year – can seem a strangely under-the-radar film today. Wrote something on its 50th anniversary for the Times of India: jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2024/04/50-yea…

Our first book will be the genre-defying novel *Black River* by Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊.

She will be in conversation with writer-critic Jai Arjun Singh at India Habitat Centre in May, followed by a Q&A session with the members of Suitably Booked.

Register for more deets: forms.gle/p1CCPRPFEhMsrW…

Dosto.n ki Kitaab, on the Hindi cinema of thrilling & swinging decade of the 70s, when Cinema was one of the best friends in Life... and now the friends like Jai Arjun Singh Ani Balaji Vittal (author and columnist) Raja Sen वरुण 🇮🇳 Vishal Bhardwaj Diptakirti Chaudhuri Deepa Buty (दीपा बुटी) Amborish  Aseem Chhabra

It was very satisfying to interact with these young critics at MAMI - and to read their work, marked by a consistently high quality of engagement and expression. (And yes, background knowledge too, which was so good to see)

Anjum Hasan & Jai Arjun Singh Jai Arjun Singh launch Anjum's brilliant new novel, History's Angel, and brilliantly discuss why there are so few great Delhi novels since Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi

Delhi people, see you on Oct 12...

Good, bad or silly - why all of Dev Anand's work is (sort of) vital. My tribute in today's Times of India: jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2023/09/good-b…

Wasn’t fully blown away by Oppenheimer, but it is quite the big-screen experience - and no complaints about Cillian Murphy. Wrote about it for Moneycontrol here: moneycontrol.com/news/trends/en…

May 28, 2023 marked the birth centenary of the legendary actor of Telugu cinema, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, better known as NTR. On the occasion, Jai Arjun Singh’s article revisits the stardom of the actor who appeared in close to 300 films... Moneycontrol moneycontrol.com/news/trends/en…

Revisiting a 1960s novel by one of the greatest screenwriters ever - a Nazi in London lives, works, loves, and worries about being caught. Wrote about Emeric Pressburger's The Glass Pearls for Scroll.in: scroll.in/article/104983…