Cosmic Enchantment
A review of "Brief Answers to Big Questions" by Stephen Hawking
OPEN Magazine / November 2018
Jaideep Unudurti is a freelance journalist specializing in travel, popular culture and books; he also has a special interest in chess. Unudurti has covered a wide range of events from the rock band Guns N Roses’ performance in Bangalore to the 2012 world chess championship in Moscow. He has received a development grant from CNAP, Paris to write a film with renowned director Amit Dutta. His alter ego Jai Undurti is the creator of Hyderabad: A Graphic Novel, a unique city-centric approach to graphic storytelling. He is now writing "The Cities Beneath", with artist Fabian Stoltz, on a series of adventures set in an underworld beneath the battlefields of World War I. He is currently the creative director at Syenagiri, an animation & graphic novel production house. Jai is represented by the Writer's Side literary agency.
A review of "Brief Answers to Big Questions" by Stephen Hawking
OPEN Magazine / November 2018
A review of "Travails with the Alien" by Satyajit Ray
OPEN Magazine / October 2018
Conversation with Anthony Horowitz on his new novel
Mumbai Mirror / September 2018
On the Indian prodigies shaking up the chess world
Mumbai Mirror / July 2018
A profile of the world's youngest Grandmaster - Praggnandhaa
Economic Times / July 2018
Op-Ed on Praggnandhaa and the Indian chess wave
The Hindu / July 2018
A review of "The Snake & the Lotus" by Appupen
OPEN Magazine / June 2018
A review of "Indira" by Devapriya Roy & Priya Kuriyan
OPEN Magazine / April 2018
A visit to ground zero of the Baahubali phenomenon
Mumbai Mirror / November 2017
A review of Devi Yesodharan's "Empire"
OPEN Magazine / September 2017
An appreciation of Brian Aldiss and his works
Indian Express / September 2017
A review of Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie"
OPEN Magazine / March 2017
How we lost hope in the Future
Indian Express / January 2017
On finding books to re-read
The Hindu / December 2016
A review of Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics
Mint Lounge / November 2016
A review of "Katusha the Tank Girl"
Mint Lounge / October 2016
Reading in the mountains
The Hindu / September 2016
Remembering a Future
Mint on Sunday / July 2016
Review of First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction from India
The Hindu / June 2016
The pickle-makers of Nampally
Indian Express / May 2016
Coffee, a Secret History
Mint on Sunday / May 2016
Review of Detours: Songs of the Open Road
Indian Express / April 2016
An appreciation of second-hand bookstores
The Hindu / April 2016
Cuisine for Asterix & Tintin
Indian Express / March 2016
Obsession, Chess and Reality
THread by Hindu / March 2016
An invisible library of books that only exist in books
The Hindu / January 2016
Our greatest challenge is still above us
Mint on Sunday / January 2016
Review of Crocodile in Water, Tiger on Land strip collection
Hindu BusinessLine / January 2016
To know a strange city, look no farther than its libraries and bookshelves
The Hindu / December 2015
Bulls on Parade at the Sadar
Hindu BusinessLine / November 2015
The Foodie behind the Spy
Indian Express / November 2015
Our greatest discovery will be that we are alone in the Universe
THread by Hindu / November 2015
A review of two French "uchroniques"
Mint Lounge / November 2015
Story papers from the time of the Raj
Mint Lounge / October 2015
A generation lost in space
THread by Hindu / October 2015
Viswanathan Anand looks at chess-themed films
THread by Hindu / October 2015
And a great Emptying came upon the Earth
Mint on Sunday / October 2015
A report from the Hyderabad ComicCon 2015
Hindu Business Line / September 2015
Webcomics come of age
Mint Lounge / September 2015
He was in the flow of Flows and in timeless Time
Mint on Sunday / September 2015
How to break into Tollywood
Hindu Business Line / August 2015
A review of "The Heat and Dust Project" by Devapriya Roy & Saurav Jha
Indian Express / July 2015
A review of two French BD featuring mechas and monsters
Mint Lounge / July 2015
A review of two Filipino short horror komics
Mint Lounge / July 2015
Feminist visual tales tell of cities and spaces, restrictions and uprisings
Hindu Business Line / May 2015
And thus began the Vedic Space Age!
Mint on Sunday / May 2015
The Burren, a remote and ancient landscape is the heart of Ireland
Indian Express / May 2015
When the language of cinema is the language of finance
Indian Express / January 2015
A review of "If it's Monday, it must be Madurai" by Srinath Perur
Indian Express / January 2014
A review of Interstellar. I didn't like it.
Hindu Business Line / November 2014
Who can truly own a book?
Broken Frontier / October 2014
A review of "Album 61", a documentary by Halil Erfat
Hindu Business Line / November 2014
There comes a time in every man's life
Mint Lounge / July 2014
Profile of graphic novelist Appupen
Business Line / July 2014
In India, the Apocalypse has already happened
The Indian Express / April 2013
What the Tintin movie doesn't get about comics & Herge
The Indian Express / October 2011
Putting SKYFALL in context
The Indian Express / November 2012
An appreciation of Richard Matheson
The Indian Express / July 2013
What happens when an amateur takes on Vishy Anand?
Economic Times / January 2013
A leisurely trawl through second-hand bookshops
Helter Skelter Magazine / April 2013
On his victory at the 2014 Candidates in Khanty-Manysisk
Times of India / March 2014
My profile of photographer Thomas Luttge
Business Line / March 2014
Scenes from a flooded Bombay of the future
Mint Lounge / March 2014
My appreciation of the latest X-Men movie
The Indian Express / June 2014
Losing your head can sometimes be a lifestyle choice
Mint Lounge / January 2014
My appreciation of Gravity (the film, not the force)
The Indian Express / October 2013
A Hyderabad that never was
Hindu BusinessLine / July 2014
Interview with Frederic Friedel, founder of ChessBase
Economic Times / November 2013
Anand on preparing against Magnus Carlsen
Economic Times / September 2013
Reconnaissance trips in Chess
Economic Times / August 2013
A curtain-raiser on the 2013 Candidates Tournament
Economic Times / March 2013
Summing up 2012 for graphic novels in India
Indian Express / December 2012
A look at Anand's rise on the eve of Chennai 2013
Economic Times / November 2013
Review of Joe Sacco's Journalism
Man's World / December 2012
Haarlem, a city made out of bones of history and fleshed with myth
Indian Express / July 2012
Independence day in an alternate India
Mint Lounge / August 2013
A visit to Regensburg, a city of ancient borders
Indian Express / June 2012
A visit to Montebello, deep in the forests of Quebec
Indian Express / September 2012
Review of Nicholas Roerich: A Quest & a Legacy (Ed. Manju Kak)
The Indian Express / March 2013
An appreciation of Ray Bradbury, on his passing
The Indian Express / June 2012
A chat with Anand after his match victory
Indian Express / June 2012
On the spot report of Anand's victory over Gelfand
Indian Express / May 2012
A conversation with artist Eddie Campbell in Angouleme
Helter Skelter Magazine / June 2013
A visit to the Nicholas Roerich museum in Moscow
The Indian Express / November 2012
A shop in Amsterdam where your childhood can be reclaimed
Indian Express / January 2012
An appreciation of John Le Carre
Indian Express / January 2012
On the finale of the 2012 world chess championship in Moscow
Sify / June 2012
A review of graphic novel adaptation of "The Gardener in the Wasteland"
Indian Express / March 2012
Review of definitive handbook to the career of Alan Moore
Indian Express / November 2011
How the Terrain influences the Game
Indian Express / July 2011
Profile on Boris Gelfand after he turns Challenger
Indian Express / June 2011
A review of "Kabul Disco" by Nicolas Wild
Indian Express / January 2010
Behind the kings of the chess world, there’s a crack team of knights—or ‘seconds’
Outlook Business / October 2009
On how Anand created a chess wave in India
Outlook Business / February 2009
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