When Arts of the Earth – Delhi’s first art gallery dedicated solely to folk and tribal art – opened in the capital last year, its director Meena Verma was sceptical about how the gallery’s ‘rustic and simple’ fare would be received by a city that is residence to celebrated artists like S.H Raza, Ram Kumar, […]
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Month: June 2011
The Family Hotel-Part 8
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests […]
Cooking For The Season
June is the month for mangoes and mango eating. My grandfather would say that we should eat nothing but mangoes during this season, accompanied by glasses of milk. Eww…I can’t handle the milk part. But mangoes! Green mango rice with ground mustard and green chillies, mango panna with cardamom and jaggery, mango lassi, mango kulfi, mango […]
The Family Hotel-Part 7
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests become […]
Parent Hub: Decoding Hyperactive Kids
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance! ~ Franklin Jones Hyper active kids are not necessarily notorious, impulsive, fussy, pampered, ill-mannered or badly raised children, as many are perceived to be (unfortunately the parents always have to take the blame!). Most of them are very intelligent children, full […]
Missed Flight-3
Writer Rani Rao Innes pens an insightful three-part story about the need for freedom and the desire for roots, exclusively for the readers of Unboxed Writers. This is the final part. They went early to the station and the train hadn’t arrived. Sipping a hot paper cup of masala chai, Sapna watched the ‘railway children’ running […]
Deliciously Honest…
Some books live up to their authors. But very few authors live up to their books. In an industry packed with more ambition than talent, writers have unwillingly or enthusiastically embraced the fact that they and not just just their books have to be branded and marketed. At a time when writing is becoming a vanity exercise fuelled by the need to […]
The Family Hotel-Part 6
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction. Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to a new boundary line when India and Pakistan are partitioned. And as guests […]
Missed Flight-2
Writer Rani Rao Innes pens an insightful three-part story about the need for freedom and the desire for roots, exclusively for the readers of Unboxed Writers. “Are you out of your mind?” Maya was looking at her with a mixture of concern and exasperation. They were sitting in the little balcony of Maya’s flat sipping chai […]
Missed Flight-1
Writer Rani Rao Innes pens an insightful three-part story about the need for freedom and the desire for roots, exclusively for the readers of Unboxed Writers. She could not believe she had missed her flight at such a time in her life. Her wedding was in a week. Most of her extended family had already reached Bangalore. […]
Stories from Kashmir: Pony Tales
Galloping away on a wish That the family has no hungry day And the night passes by easily Like the river. The hilly terrains and breathtakingly beautiful places beckon tourists from across the world. The tourists, beckon horses and ponies. And the horses and ponies are the source of income for many. Yes, ponies feed […]
RD Burman:A Song For Every Season
RD Burman is not a tragic story even though his last years were coloured with heart breaks and set backs. Even though his faith in his craft was shaken. Even though, the man who saw the future was relegated to the past by short-lived musical trends. He is not a tragedy because his music is […]