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…
Read More
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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
You are browsing archives for
Simi Chachi made the best lotus root saag, hakh, and rajmah in Srinagar. Her kahwa was redolent with cardamom and rich with thin almond slivers. She was popular all over Kashmir – not just for her saag or kahwa. she was most famous for her unique and rare hand-woven carpets. She weaved the most exquisite […]
How does your morning start? Well mine goes something like this – chop, chop, chop, grind, grind, grind. I find myself racing with time to get to the finish line. To pack more things than time can do for me. And little do I realize that my son has been watching me in all my […]
As a child, how many times have you written a paragraph or an essay on ‘A Rainy Day’ in school? My guess is every monsoon. And how did your essays evolve? Well, except for the language expanding in vocabulary, the essays increasing in length, my essays pretty much talked about the same thing – getting […]
Let’s accept it. Oats perhaps evoke the same emotions as khichdi or lauki and their other unappetising peers. But they are healthier than any mean ingredient lying around in your kitchen, so how does one make oats sound interesting and taste delicious to a child – like pizza or burger or a chocolate cake? The key is not in overkill […]
Bahadur looked up as Abdullah patted his silky mane, They walked side by side as he held his reins. Bahadur’s body looked weak and eyes looked old As they stood and watched the Valley of Gold.. Where the sun sprinkles beams on shiny white snow Where the pine trees are arranged neatly in rows […]
While I looked for some new music for my six month old, I stumbled upon a link that talked about western classical music for babies, toddlers, and even for expecting mothers. After listening to a few pieces I wondered why it didn’t appear in any of my google searches for music any earlier! I had […]
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance! ~ Franklin Jones Hyper active kids are not necessarily notorious, impulsive, fussy, pampered, ill-mannered or badly raised children, as many are perceived to be (unfortunately the parents always have to take the blame!). Most of them are very intelligent children, full […]
Galloping away on a wish That the family has no hungry day And the night passes by easily Like the river. The hilly terrains and breathtakingly beautiful places beckon tourists from across the world. The tourists, beckon horses and ponies. And the horses and ponies are the source of income for many. Yes, ponies feed […]
How can a mother forget the gentle kicks of her child in her womb as she swims in her mother’s love? How can a mother forget the moment she first laid eyes on her child and how the child then became much more than just an integral and inseparable part of her life? Inseparable? Yes, […]
Dear Baby, I haven’t thought of a name for you as yet – your Papa and I are still arguing over it. But whatever we call you, you are always going to be our sweetheart! Thanks for bestowing on me the honour of being a mother. And for being God’s most unsullied blessing in our life. […]
What if Newton was made to vow never to sit under an apple tree? What if Kishore Kumar was forced to be an engineer and Rahul Dev Burman, a doctor? What if Bill Gates was forced to attend school and do what he was asked to? It’s not an uncommon sight to see children tug […]
Imagine this. You are floating. Like a dreamy cloud in the starry sky. Like a leaf in a cool pool. Like almond slivers on a hot cup of kahwa. Like a lingering kiss on a cheek. You are still, but it is a moving experience. Staying in a houseboat feels just like that. It’s one […]