In 1979, Basu Chatterjee made Baaton Baaton Mein and unobtrusively brought to us the dating and courtship rituals of a community that was till then either caricatured or just overlooked in Hindi cinema. Nancy Perreira and Tony Braganza…
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Matriarchal manipulation in a patriarchal world is depicted unsparingly in Usha Priyamwada’s Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein (Now playing on Prasar Bharti). The mother resentful of her lecturer daughter’s comfortable life in her college residence because the younger daughters…
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“Start with hope..always start with hope. We went from being a shitty team to become one of the biggest dynasties in the sport and all it needed was one match to light this fire,” says Michael Jordan at…
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In 1947, my grandparents brought three children and the remains of an uprooted life from Pakistan to India in a train. One of those children was my mother. I grew up hearing a lot of stories about the…
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Three documentaries streaming right now show the ultimate culmination of the Bois Locker Room culture. And what happens when one gender is taught to mistrust its instincts of self-preservation and the other does not even learn something as…
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In Sudip Sharma’s Paatal Lok (Now streaming on Amazon. Co written by Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra. Directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy), India’s disowned inhabit the headlines we turn away from. A young…
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Penguin Random House has announced the release of their new International title- Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran, author of an award winning novel The Prayer Room. Her work has also appeared in the Best New American Voices etc. A heart-wrenching novel that gives voice to two mothers: a young undocumented Mexican woman and an Indian-American […]
Penguin presents The Glory of Patan by K.M. Munshi, translated by Rita and Abhijit Kothari. The kingdom of Patan faces an ominous future. King Karnadev lies on his deathbed. His son, Jaydev, is too young to ascend the throne. Rumours abound of scheming warlords intent on establishing their own independence and powerful merchants plotting to wrest control from […]
Penguin Random Houses announces the release of, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. The most highly funded original book in the history of crowdfunding, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was a runaway hit raising over 1 million dollars on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. This gorgeously illustrated book containing 100 tales of extraordinary women including Michelle Obama,Jane Austen, Simone Biles, Frida Kahlo, Ada Lovelace, Serena Williamsand Amelia […]
Khwab Sa, a 120-minute, gloriously colourful musical experience comes to a theatre near you! This is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed as a collaborative project with contemporary dance and movement, in Hindi gibberish as spoken word and live contemporary World Music- all performed by various professional artists chosen and brought together from […]
Son of the Thundercloud Easterine Kire ISBN: 9789386050571 | Price: INR 350 Winner of the Hindu Prize 2015 After losing all his family in a terrible famine, a man leaves his village with just the clothes on his back, never once looking back. For endless miles he walks through a landscape as desolate as his […]
Penguin presents Economics Without Tears by Ashok Sanjay Guha Praise for the book: ‘Ashok Guha is one of the most impressive Indian economists today. This book demonstrates that he is also a gifted writer who can put Across economics to a wider audience’ : JAGDISH BHAGWATI ‘Ashok Guha focuses on some of the most important ideas in economics . […]
Contemporary Indian Houses publication InCITE’s +91 RESIDENCES exhibition on contemporary Indian architecture was first presented at Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in 2010. The exhibition showcased 91 architect-designed dwellings, 19 works-in progress and a model display of over 40 houses designed by over 75 architects in more than 25 cities and towns across India between the years […]
“It was death at first sight . . . Miss Ripley-Bean was sitting on a bench beneath the deodars, having a quiet moment to herself, when suddenly two shadows, larger than life, appeared on the outside wall; they were struggling with each other. Only afterwards, when a dead body was discovered, did Miss Ripley-Bean realize she […]
Songs of the Cauvery by Kalyanaraman Durgadas is a compelling narrative.This is how M R Venkatesh describes it in Deccan Chronicle, “Songs of The Cauvery, penned by Kalyanaraman Durgadas, first novel by an entrepreneur nurtured by both IIT-Madras and IIM-Calcutta, is in many ways an understated narrative, eschewing all hype, of how the microcosm reflects […]
House of Milk has launched a range of ‘healing garments’ and is reviving a 2000-year-old Indian craft with a collection at Wendell Rodricks Design Space in Goa. Wellness, luxury, purposeful design and the intention to revive and sustain cottage industry drive House of Milk, a boutique lifestyle brand founded by Reshma Merchant and Priyanka Kaul Lakdawala. […]
Lost in Terror by Nayeema Mahjoor (Published by Penguin Random House India) is about one woman’s battle against the forces within and without. About the book: Cast in the background of the uprising against the armed forces in Kashmir in the late 1980s, Lost in Terror is the tale of a young, educated, career conscious woman […]
“I am a forbidden name in my country now, as in my beloved West Bengal, a prohibited person and a banned book. … I should most definitely not be read lest it sparks rage and unrest. This is me; thus I have always been.” Penguin presents Exile: A Memoir by Taslim Nasrin, a account of the author’s journey […]