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 nothing against weddings. They can be emotional and funny, colourful and sweet. By virtue of being a tam-brahm, I have had the privilege to watch tam-brahm weddings from close quarters. Hell, I even had one of those. They can be entertaining. Well, most times. Except when they happen in Delhi. In mid-April. And […]
This is a sappy, mushy, gooey post. Quite unlike me, but hey, I haven’t been a mother for that long. Give me time and my inner gushing self will emerge from the closet. When Ankita was first placed in my arms, I felt nothing. I waited and waited for thunderstorms and lightening but nothing happened. […]
Can I climb that tree mumma… Can I climb a wall? May I jump from the highest point… From up here I feel tall.. What’s she doing? Get her down She’ll fall and break her leg Scare her with a frown I love the ants, mumma … I like the earthworms too I want to […]
My father-in-law passed away in relative peace on January 23, 2011 after suffering horribly for the past three odd years from Alzheimer’s. His death set him free and I want to believe he is in a better, happier place, because that will help me sleep better. I do not want to think of his soul suffering innumerable atrocities, passing […]
She, the immaculate Marianna Sharon Joseph could barely stand the sight of herself. She looked like something the dog had dragged in. She switched on the light to see if it made any difference… but no, she still looked like someone else… someone else who had lost a child. The thought brought on a cramp […]
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six-year-old girl […]
I am not here I don’t exist I was though I lived One moment And Poof Dust to dust Tracks and Stain Wipe me clean Call the Rain Dreams and Sorrow Smiles to give Share it with another I am not here I was though. Uma Iyer is a writer, a mother and a freelance […]
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six-year-old girl […]
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six-year-old girl […]
“I think I am in love,” announced A as she plonked herself on B’s settee. “You think too much sweetheart…,” said an indulgent B. “I think this time round it is the real thing.” “You are always sure it is the real thing dear, remember X, and Y …and Z for that matter?” “X was […]
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six-year-old girl […]
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and Tushka series. Agni, or ‘Molu’ as she is commonly referred to, is a six-year-old girl […]