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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I come from a family of chronically bronchitis and sinus affected humans who need no rhyme and reason or even season to catch a cold. For as long as I can remember, this catching cold syndrome has ruined several experiences for me. This includes being told that I should give up the idea of learning […]
Achari Dahi Bhindi Prep Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 10 minutes Recipe inspired by Tarla Dalal Serves: 2 people You need: 400 gms fresh tender bhindi (not overlarge and old) 2 medium tomatoes 2 tsp finely chopped ginger 1/4 cup fresh thick curd 1/2 tsp turmeric / haldi 1 tsp chilli powder 2 tsp coriander / […]
If you know me, you know I am a huge Pizza Express fan. I love their pizzas, those airy, puffy, light, soft like a wad of cotton dough balls with a pat of herb butter to go and God help you if you ever promise to treat me to desserts from their menu because even […]
Cry a little, let those tears flow Laugh out aloud and let the candles blow Maybe, tomorrow the sun will be shining So float on your cloud with the silver lining Maybe tomorrow, the doors will open or maybe the doors will close Maybe tomorrow for nobody knows For you know it’s going to […]
When you are silent inside, you have very little to say outside too. Have you wondered why the world is so noisy? Because behind the noise, there is silence that makes it possible for us to hear it all. Can you tune everything out and listen? Try. ** Reema Prasanna is a baking coach, […]
(Author’s note: This is not a work of fiction. But then, who can define reality anyway?)I was eating a cheesecake and a banoffee pie with my husband when one of the most important people in my life was on the verge of suffering a massive stroke. I was making one of my favourite sambars when […]
There is an extensive blue sky stretching out above you. You have been taught to believe it is the atmosphere that wraps the earth protectively, cradling it in its arms. You look at the sky and see clouds drifting by, a few birds flit across. You see dust motes floating in the air before they […]
Name: Soft Centred Chocolate Cake Prep Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 5-6 minutes Serves: 1 person You need: 2 tbsp all purpose flour / maida 2 tbsp powdered sugar 2 tbsp Processed dark cocoa powder 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 7 tbsp milk 2 tbsp butter, melted A chunk of chocolate compound […]
The kitchen, where so many amazing things happen…was and in some subtle ways, still the substance of nightmares. At least for me. ** Potential burns, disasters, insects, and those mind boggling red ants that come to chew on the most unbelievable things. And stuff like split milk, too much food, too less food, too many […]
The problem with coming back from food heaven, like Delhi, Agra, Mussoorie…is you come back to Mumbai. Which is diverse, don’t get me wrong. But where it is NOT easy finding really good food at a reasonable price. Up north, even little tapris with 30 buck parathas serve mouth watering awesomeness. But Mumbai? […]
Prep Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 20 minutes Recipe Source: Improvised from a Sanjeev Kapoor egg recipe Serves: 2 sensible people or 1 greedy human being You need: 1 onion, chopped 1 capsicum, chopped 4-5 garlic cloves, smashed To be blanched: 1 carrot, chopped A fistful of fresh corn 1 potato, peeled and cubed […]
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 […]