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…
Read More
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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
You are browsing archives for
Kite of my beloved lord flies… without wings, loosely hung on a thread … propelled by just an intention… unaware of it’s limitations… rises and touches the sky… dances in the air… as if there’s no tomorrow… So much and more …. in faith… it surrenders and rejoices, swings and enjoys it’s journey so […]
The shore whispers to the sea… What are your waves struggling to tell me? The sea is speechless… numb with a haunting silence… The waves unable to let the shore know, the bliss of every caress…every touch, The sheer contentment is in the ‘knowing’… nothing can part the sea from the shore…. An eternal Yes! Forever bliss.. to feel the […]
Good bye.. I have to go now to the inner realms And roam there I am too tired Of seeking Of waxing like the moon… Of waning like the tide …. Of wandering out of My soul,out of myself I am tired now of the web of ties and emotions… Unsettling dreams and desires Unfinished […]
Iti Mrinalini (The Unfinished Letter) is a movie that takes you on a turbulent journey and lets you distinguish the myriad colors of relationships through the lens of an actress, a lover, a friend and a longing mother. What I loved about Iti Mrinalini besides the remarkable performances of the legendary Aparna Sen and the […]
A thought is knocking at my soul with its strong fists and mighty knuckles A thought so cruel … A thought so sweet… A thought so far…. A thought so near…. A thought that brings A smile and a tear… A thought of having … A thought of letting go of something so precious and […]
Dear Daddy, Thank you for nurturing me. For loving me. For your warm hugs. For taking care of my needs so graciously. Thank you for letting me chatter and vent my heart out. Thanks for always giving me a logical reason before offering advice. Thank you for always standing tall. For standing up for me and never letting my independent and free […]
The sky was incredibly radiant and the sun was shining as bright as a new coin above our heads. I heard complaints about the scorching heat from my younger brother Boltu and sister Sheenu, the youngest in the family. My older sister Durga…her whereabouts are not known ever since she got married. We are all two years apart. I am approximately 12 as […]
When God won’t heed a prayer.. what do I say? My mind runs…struggles to escape but my brave heart still wants to stay. What if I fail to go along with You in your play? Blinded by my own helplessness..I can’t see the path. Hold my hand as I can’t walk. Kindle my heart.. light my intellect with your fire… when my strength […]
“Krish be careful with that skateboard!” shouted my husband Sunil from the living room. Krish is five and already a little athlete but Sunil is an over-protective father. We have fought many times over this. Somehow Krish always manages to reassure his father that he will be safe though I cannot seem to talk Sunil out of his […]
I have bathed in my tears several times Hoping to relieve my soul and wash away the pain…. I have broken and shattered my heart to once and for all find a way to repair its core… I have a ‘to-do’ for every wakeful moment so that I won’t wonder through the maze of my thoughts… I […]