The Thing About Radio…

The Thing About Radio…

In 2003, Mike Tollin directed a film about a real life character called James Effinhimer Robert ‘Radio’ Kennedy — a nickname he acquired because he was fascinated with radios and would carry one everywhere. The film was called, yes, Radio. How powerful and dangerous radio can be as a medium was captured in Talk Radio, […]

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Highlights And Deep Shadows

Highlights And Deep Shadows

 Sometime last month, artist Milind Nayak was admitted in a hospital for blood infection and dangerously high creatinine levels. “I almost reached the pearly gates but the doctors pulled me back,” he says. Milind went through dialysis and was not even conscious of all the medical procedures done to bring him back from the brink […]

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Time Travel With Irani Chai

Time Travel With Irani Chai

The best way to travel back in time is to step in to any of the Irani cafes in Mumbai. Many have written about their old world charm, the no-frills ambiance, the authenticity and the distinct personality of this vintage generation. Their stoic presence is a pleasant reminder of Bombay that was.  Koolar & Co. at Matunga […]

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Old Hills, New Eyes

Old Hills, New Eyes

If you live in Maharashtra and are searching for that ‘lovely’ hill station to escape the heat, think again. There is no brilliant hill station close by. Lonavala is hardly a hill station anymore. Matheran – you’ve been there, love it  but it’s too dusty to go in the summers; you need to wait for the rains… You […]

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`There will never be another Pancham’

`There will never be another Pancham’

 On June 27, India will commemorate trend-setting music composer R D Burman’s  75th birth anniversary. Something unprecedented will also happen. For the first time ever, a mainstream television channel will showcase a documentary on prime-time. Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai (an unending journey), a national award-winning feature-length documentary on R D Burman will be […]

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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

When I was a little kid, I remember often noticing grown-ups having conversations with very serious expressions on their faces. They were usually huddled around a table or standing outside a meeting place, discussing about the discussion that just took place. I always wondered what it was that they were talking about. I wondered if […]

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