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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On 8th May, Maraa presents two films by Mani Kaul on the themes of human labour. The Indian Woman (1975) | Dir: Mani Kaul | 20 mins Uski Roti (1970) | Dir: Mani Kaul | 110 mins Venue: Maraa, 2nd Floor, Glasscrafters Studio, No 3, Michaelpalya. (Off 80 ft. Road, Indiranagar) Landmark: Sapna Book Store, […]
Penguin presents the enthralling Raghuvamsam by Kalidasa in a beautiful translation. A.N.D. Haksar’s translation of ‘Raghuvamsam: The Line of Raghu’ retells the story of the Ramayana and the ancestry of Rama and its relevance even today. Long considered as Kalidasa’s greatest work, Raghuvamsam is an epic poem in classical Sanskrit. It recounts the legendary tales of the Raghu dynasty, […]
Little, Brown Book Group has announced that as part of the new publishing programme from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the screenplay of the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is to be published on 19 th November 2016. Returning to her wizarding world, the all-new adventure film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author […]
This is the story of the man behind the immensely popular Wai Wai noodles, Binod Chaudhary. Penguin presents his insightful memoir, Making it Big. The man behind the immensely popular Wai Wai noodles (Wai Wai has sold more than a billion packets in India alone), Binod Chaudhary is one of Asia’s most prominent businessmen. President of the Chaudhary […]
“The time has come for confessing, how we to each other are bound. to wage battle of ideas outside the mosquito net and bear bare-faced shame of each other’s regret” -Pash A week ahead of Labour Day, the city of Bangalore witnessed the naked rage of thousands of garment workers out on its streets. The […]
Penguin Random House presents The Sleep Revolution, a book by Arianna Huffington, the bestselling author of Thrive, and founder of the Huffington Post. In the book, she tackles the importance of sleep in our lives. About the book: We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, and this has profound consequences – on our health, our job […]
What happens when Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is translated as Piyaa Behrupiyaa in Hindi by Amitosh Nagpal? Magic. Directed by Atul Kumar, this acclaimed play now comes to Bengaluru. Synopsis In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent […]
Penguin presents the authoritative India’s War by Srinath Raghavan. Srinath Raghavan’s ‘India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia’ talks about the involvement and contribution of India in the Allied war effort and how it won them the war. Between 1939 and 1945, India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves […]
After the acclaimed film, Shuruaat Ka Interval, Humaramovie, a cutting-edge digital content studio is now back with their second feature tentatively titled, Shor Se Shuruaat, as part of the initiative Shuruaat, an annual one-of-a-kind mentored short film competition. Shor Se Shuruaat, is an anthology of 8 short films based on a common theme, Shor (Noise), which will be directed by the debutant protégés […]
Dehradun is all set to witness its first ever major literary event this April. World Integrity Center, India (WIC India) – the most sought after cultural hub in Dehradun, is gearing up to host the festival in the city on 22nd and 23rd April, 2016. The festival’s organizing partners include the Harvard Club of India and Springhead Communications. 25 renowned fiction […]
Want to tell a story that is yet untold? Do you love plots within plots? And want to create an imaginary world that the world will inhabit with you? If so, discover the dormant muse with a little bit of help from us. ** Unboxed Writers with venue partner The Leanin’ Tree Art Cafe announce […]
Penguin presents Pyre, a powerful and gripping tale penned by Perumal Murugan, one of India’s leading contemporary storytellers. Pyre tells a moving, haunting tale of love threatened by societal prejudice and is translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan. The summary: Saroja and Kumaresan are in love. After a hasty wedding, they arrive in Kumaresan’s village, harbouring the dangerous secret […]