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 have had many teachers in life who taught me valuable lessons. However I have a special teacher named solitude that helps me keep my balance in many tight rope acts. In today’s life that moves at an unprecedented maddening pace, there are times when we need to just sit back, be on our own […]
Dark clouds and thunder, flash of silver lightning. tree swaying against the wind, Brilliant green against the grey heavens. The thump and splat of rain drops, rustling leaves. A mug of ginger tea, and a crunchy cookie at hand. A cool breeze drifting past, leaving behind comfortable silence . Unexpected moments of silence. Treasured […]
The lights of a distant town twinkle . Stars dot the skies like diamonds on a velvet cloak. Crickets chirp a chorus. A gentle breeze flows through the undulating countryside. Night has fallen on my world as of now. Enveloping me in its comforting embrace. I love the night. The silence The solitude The comfort […]
Pic: courtesy the author Today, I woke up to grey skies and rain. Incessant, revitalising, cleansing rain. Today is not a day to be with people. It is a day to be spent with the self. It is a day for solitude and silence. To listen to the voice of our soul. To introspect, to […]
I am in a crowd and yet alone. Looking around at people conversing, laughing, I wonder. Do they also feel the same way as I do? A friend shakes me from my stupor and asks, “Hey! All well?” The same answer. “Yes! Yes! “ But the eyes say something else. I recall Kaifi Azmi’s poem. […]
I could speak for myself. But would you believe me, if I told you? Writers have a room inside their head where whatever they want comes true. It’s like magic. Really! Only sometimes, things start going horribly wrong. But then that’s an occupational hazard. And since it’s happening inside the head, nobody knows. Thank God […]
The fierceness of the wind The iciness of the air The melancholia of the clouds The heavens weeping in spiritlessness The wails rebounding off lifeless trees The wait cleaving your heart apart They beckon waiting for the stringless lyre. Your naivete was your deed Your solitude was your birth Your anguish lingered on for me […]
You can capture silence only if it captures you first. Only if you allow it in your soul and let it settle down down like a pool of blue nothingness, with not a ripple on its surface. Just a liquid translucence mirroring the sky. Only eternity. Not the drama, the furor and the noise […]