Sometimes I am lost in myself …and then… I pause I reflect I scan through the images captured randomly on my mobile … I scroll my phone-book for names that ring a bell in my heart I ruminate over my Facebook ‘likes’ to understand what am I looking for… I consume the myriad emotions […]
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Month: February 2013
Oscars 2013: The Art Of Transcendence
Doesn’t a joke fall flat when you tell it and laugh at it before anyone else does, then with everyone and after everyone has stopped? But yes, Seth MacFarlene has an infectious smile. Very.. infact. He can dance. He can sing. Can he host the Oscars? Well, ho and hum. Give us a minute. Also […]
Special 26: The Aam Aadmi Strikes Back
There is a lot of walking in Neeraj Pandey’s Special 26. Everyone walks. While conducting conversations. On their way to and from heists. Sometimes in slow motion to the music of an era that instantly brings back the memories of the 80s. Right from the opening credits and yes, the background track, this film pays […]
Haunting The Dead
Death used to a simple matter some years ago. People died. We gave away their belongings to needy people, framed a photograph and hung it up the wall, sometimes with a garland dangling around it. That was it. Perhaps a shirt or a saree was kept, in remembrance. A watch, probably a ring they wore.Which […]
Zero Dark Thirty: The Politics Of Terror
“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?” ― George Orwell, 1984 ** Do we understand this simple fact about terrorism and the state-sponsored terror that counters […]
It Is Not About You..
I should have learnt this lesson earlier in life. But it is one of life’s ironies that most Eureka moments come too late. The next best thing you then want to do is to try and save your children all the pain and hurt and disappointment that go with a lifelong negotiation. It is […]
The Trinidad Diary
Little did I anticipate the moving adventure that would follow, when I booked a group birding tour, by Caligo Ventures, five days in Trindiad and four in Tobago. It promised rainforests with Trogons, lodging with hummingbirds, turtles, caves and swamps..We were picked up at the Port of Spain airport by an Asa Wright Center […]
Somewhat Like a Balloon
Just Theatre is proud to announce the premier of their latest theatre production-Somewhat Like a Balloon. Details: Written and Directed by: Vinod Ravindran Devised and Performed by: Anshul Pathak, Anjali Nair, Rency Philip and Swetanshu Bora Language: English Duration: 80 minutes Dates: 22nd to 24th February Time: 22nd and 23rd -8 PM. 24th-3 PM and 6.30 PM Venue: At Jagriti Theatre, on Whitefield Road, […]
Food Review: Baker’s Dozen
I’ve grown up eating bread for breakfast. My in-laws are usually appalled at this because down south, bread is what people eat when they are sick . But in my house, bread and eggs, toasts, French or just buttered, was always a massive hit and we don’t quite know how to work without it. So with […]
Food Review: Bindaas Binge
A few days ago, I chanced upon this new bakery in the Western Mumbai suburbs: Bindaas Binge. I have never heard anybody bemoaning the fact that the suburbs do not sell cheesecakes. But Mona and Vikas, the couple that started this swank new place, most unexpectedly nestled on Film City road, Goregaon East, seriously, […]
The Greatest Evil Of All..
Most people, including yours truly, enjoy horror movies or books. Even though, like comedy, horror is a hard genre to work with and has the highest possibility of finding absolutely no takers in the audience. Then again, there are some formulae that work time and time again, if you get my meaning. I am […]
Love Is..
Love’s in the air All around you, Encompassing you Body and soul! It’s there in the music Of rustling leaves Chirping birds Song of the waterfalls, Whimpering of the sleeping child; It looks the other way, When you seek it, Only to sneak in the heart unnoticed To seep into each pore of […]