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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There are many things that could draw you to a book, but fewer things that keeps you hooked on to it. I’ve jotted down a few reasons why I believe books are great. If you have more to add, leave a comment. One moment you’re in an open jeep slowly following a tiger, and the […]
If you believe that eyes say it all , then do look closely at Khushwant Singh’s and you will know what I’m trying to put across. Even at 97, his eyes are that of a school boy’s.That’s because there seem to be no contradictions between what he says and what he thinks. Or to put it more aptly, there is no tussle between his head and heart …and that ‘s why those words and thoughts simply flow out. He writes, he speaks, spontaneously and without […]
I walked into the little yellow room, full of books and mugs, pens and papers, old and new, rusted and fresh, chaotic mix of memories, yet the most peaceful in the house. Where sweet tunes of silence play on an old record, where you and I share our thoughts, Where we dance on ‘aint no […]
Kitaab Bazaar or the Patri (pavement) Book Market in Darya Ganj, in the walled city of Old Delhi, is an institution in its own right. The pavements of this oldest commercial hub of the Capital, which bustles with activity from Monday to Saturday, continue to be the venue of one of the largest known markets for […]
Unboxed Writers began reaching out to readers in March 2011 and in April we are nearly 140 stories and many thousands of clicks old. Yes, we are being read and shared but there are days, to be honest, when we wonder. No, not about we why are writing. We do not question the joy of reaching out every single day to every single person who […]
On April 28, internationally acclaimed artist and activist Rima Fujita will present the original drawings of her new book, Save the Himalaya (foreword penned by Richard Gere and HH Dalai Lama) with other recent works at the Sundaram Art Gallery in Beverly Hills. All proceeds will be donated to Tibetan refugee children in exile. Rima’s paintings have the texture of a tapestry […]