The Settler

The Settler

And now here she was, sitting in her balcony, wrapped in a Pashmina shawl, sipping her Earl Grey tea. She lived in Darjeeling these days, but her loyalties lay with her English favourite. Sally had lived in London for a few years to acquire a degree in Fashion Designing. The British influence was difficult to shake off. She got […]

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Charles Correa: The Wagner Of Architecture

Charles Correa: The Wagner Of Architecture

It’s architect, planner, activist and theoretician Charles Correa himself on the stage of the JN Tata Auditorium in Bengaluru and what he once said about Corbusier’s architecture in Chandigarh, comes to mind, “Corbusier has sought to create an architecture of passion. No sotto-voce, no politeness but like Wagner-thunder in the concert hall.”  * Correa’s voice is weak and broken but […]

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A Mouthful Of Patiala

A Mouthful Of Patiala

Food is history, geography, a tug of nostalgia, a memory, a personal story, an emotion, a smell, an aftertaste, a sense of home. Though I am not a foodie, my first book replayed the compounded smell of agarbatties and rasgullas in a cinema hall canteen in Missamari. And the street food in Patiala. The kind I […]

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A Night In Khechuperi

A Night In Khechuperi

  In September last year, I decided to quit my job and take a much needed break from tiring work­life. I joined an Irish NGO instead, as a volunteer, to help out the street children of Kolkata. I made friends with some wonderful European volunteers there and we decided to take a short vacation to […]

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Garm Hava Blows Once Again

Garm Hava Blows Once Again

Forty one years after its theatrical release, Garm Hava, M S Sathyu’s seminal work on a country suffering the aftershocks of Partition will grace cinema screens again on November 14.PVR group’s limited release arm, Director’s Rare, will release the movie (digitally restored by Indikino Edutainment) in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad. Those who […]

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