She stood at the end of the long gali. He was waiting still. Standing patiently, peeping from behind the yellow minaret next to the big gate. Hundreds of pigeons sat on the gate’s rusted iron rods and the pale, cold cement of the boundary wall. She did not take her gaze off him, nor did he stop […]
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Month: May 2011
Special Feature:Mashed Irony
Freedom of speech is increasingly becoming an anomaly in India, especially in the creative arts and like theatre personality Nadira Babbar recently said about the absence of collective liberalism, “Sab bura manne ko tayyar baithe hain.” Or as the catchline of the play says, “Don’t you dare say that!” We at Unboxed Writers are proud to announce a web […]
Medium Matters
You could have stepped into a science lab. A hand drawn human brain connected to jumbled up wires sits precariously on one wall. Several similar drawings across the remaining space create an anatomical collage of the brain’s journey and make you wonder about the complexities of human mind. But this is an art gallery and […]
The House That Wasn’t…
One balmy afternoon, I built a house with cloth and bamboo shoots. walls splashed with yellow and brown roses. Egyptian cotton, I still remember! Soft and warm I curled in them. Empty utensils bubbling with joy, on a fire stoked by my dreams. A cabbage patch wrapped around me, My doors open for all to […]
The Beauty Myth…
We’ve all heard those sayings: “beauty is only skin-deep”, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Clichés? Sure, but many of us find them reassuring too. Sadly, societal expectations and pressures can make it so hard for us to retain confidence in our individual beauty. I’m pretty sure you’re all familiar with – if […]
A Chef’s Life
Chef Sanjay Tyagi never uses the garam masala in his cooking. “Haven’t used it for over 20 years,” he says. The reason? In his food, as in his life, he wants different flavours to speak for themselves. To stand out. To be heard. The affable, soft spoken Tyagi is as enthusiastic about his food as he was when he […]
Stories from Kashmir: Alive and Floating
Imagine this. You are floating. Like a dreamy cloud in the starry sky. Like a leaf in a cool pool. Like almond slivers on a hot cup of kahwa. Like a lingering kiss on a cheek. You are still, but it is a moving experience. Staying in a houseboat feels just like that. It’s one […]
The Big Fat Panda Cometh
First things first. It is the sheer tactile beauty of Kung Fu Panda 2 that takes you by the scruff and bounces you across the three dimensional world of a Chinese countryside. We float over trees and watch them meditate in swirly mists. We skim tapestries of green glades, smell the food in a rustic kitchen, fly over picture perfect villages, are hushed […]
Doesn’t Feel Like Love..
If you remember the seven minutes of Shefali Shah in Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya, you will remember also that she was the only beam of credible innocence in the film. If you remember her in Meera Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, you will remember also that she was the luminous dark secret of the film, a girl suffocated with the enormity […]
The Little Blue Window
Have you ever tried to open the window and see what lies behind? The little blue window that lies framed in the crimson wall. The loose latch through which a stream of dust pours in, made visible by the straw coloured sunlight. I am tempted to just peep through. Will I see an emerald lake […]
The End Of Innocence
It began with Emosanal Attyachar. When I watched Dev D a few years ago, I felt as if my insides had been churned and that Sarat Chandra Chatterjee had died once again. There was nothing wrong cinematically with the film. The first half was visceral and brutally honest about the messy, inner universe of love. The lust, the anger, the impulsive severings that […]
Where The Circle Ends…
I have bathed in my tears several times Hoping to relieve my soul and wash away the pain…. I have broken and shattered my heart to once and for all find a way to repair its core… I have a ‘to-do’ for every wakeful moment so that I won’t wonder through the maze of my thoughts… I […]