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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Well, here are a few completely useless but amusing facts..just in case you need to amuse yourself.. On an average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. ( Just switch to ink pens.) It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs. (Why would you want to try that?) The electric chair […]
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 […]
A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~William Styron With a deep love for travel, and an equally matched passion for writing, it is only natural that I take to travelogues like a moth takes to a flame. A friend recommended Rishad Saam Mehta’s Hot Tea […]
Was love in the 1600s really simpler than today? These days we can get away with jewellery, chocolates and even roses. But back in the 17th century, Shah Jahan put his love for his wife Mumtaz on display with what became one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal. Despite several trips […]
For knowing that I needed to be left alone instead of being comforted For traveling miles to see me when you were the only one who could brighten up my day For knowing I could accomplish anything, instead of just congratulating me when I did For telling me that I needed to improve, instead of […]
When you think of Goa, you immediately think of the sun, sand, parties, beaches, foreigners and food. But there’s a side to Goa that you won’t see in brochures and travel magazines – an old, almost ancient Goa – a place where time stands still. As you approach your destination, you notice a row of […]
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. –George Washington Carver It happens every day; everywhere. You can’t miss it, unless of course your eyes are shut, or if you live under a rock. It lasts for only […]
How I wish I could walk through the doors of your mind Take a look at the destruction I expect to find A scratch here, a rupture there All darned with terror and despair Is there any hope of restitution? Amongst all the confusion? Any shovel to clear the mess away… And brighten up your […]
“The only thing in life that’s constant is change.” As cliched as that may sound, it’s the only cliche that’s always valid. Think about it. You assume you will always be with your school friends. After all they are the ones who consoled you after your first heartbreak, whose house you could enter anytime of […]
Imagine my excitement when I realised that the flight I was on would be taking off into the Goa sunrise. We took off with the help of runway lights, and as I admired the deserted beaches down below, the sky turned a dark purple.. beckoning me to take a look. As luck would have it, I was seated […]
The sky was a clear blue and fluffy white clouds sailed effortlessly from one end of the world to another and disappeared behind the looming mountains. The waves crashed on the shore, and rested for a moment before being pulled right back into the tide. The omnipresent wind fought long and hard with the trees […]
When I think about a beach, I, without hesitation, think about Goa. As a friend aptly describes it – a land of sun, sand and sin. I’d like to tweak that to – the land of sun, sand and seafood. Goa has it all. North Goa has everything to offer for the tourist in […]