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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In search of the subtle The gross is lost So is the prose, in the search of poetry Trudging up the hill The mountain breeze heals the mind The soul yearns for the peak The body..for earth.. In search of the miraculous The mundane is lost So is the form, in the search of essence […]
Out and about in the happily bustling, oozing with life city this past week and craving for an escape to a land of beaches and waves, a lot of things have been hitting me in the face. The most recent being the lack of time anyone seems to have for anything anymore. And if you do have a lot […]
Whoever said women were permitted only one act in a lifetime? Do 20 extra kilos, scars of an invasive surgery, dental implants and some somnolent muscles mean you are done for in this life? Would it be fair to say that you are now past your peak and prime, having discharged your primary obligations of […]
Tragedy does not respect fame or talent or abundance. It strikes with cold precision and takes away what it must. And also destroys the notion that the rich and the successful are impervious to loss. The suicide of writer Varsha Bhosle, is a blow not just because it is such a shocking tragedy but also because […]
If there is anything more criminal, more crushing than injustice; it is a denial of its existence. I look at the dark clouds hovering over her head, sensing the claws that are tearing apart her sense of reality. The world outside is smiling benignly at her anguish, telling her what a sunny day it […]
Ganapati Bappa came home and spent two days with us at my child’s behest. He was made of Shaalu Maati (potter’s clay). His golden jewellery, ‘mukut’ and ‘dhoti’ were painted with haldi (turmeric). Multani mitti brought out his glowing complexion and choona (chalk) highlighted his garland of flowers. He brought many people home, […]
Love.And the incredible challenges it throws your way. No matter who it uses to get to you, it will always, eventually, bring your focus back to the one most important person in your life. And you, you will still not get it. You will still not get why your insides melt in quietude when […]
This essay is not an attempt to judge people. It is for self observation and self improvement. There are six types of people. Type 1:Ignorant and oblivious to their ignorance. Type 2: Ignorant who know that they are ignorant but do nothing about it. Type 3: Ignorant who know that they are ignorant and […]
I can count the number of movies I have cried in. Anjali, Taare Zameen Par, The Notebook and Titanic. This week I added a new one to my tearjerker list – Dolphin Tale. It is a tale of triumph. Overcoming odds. Resilience. The American Heritage dictionary defines resilience as the ability to recover quickly from […]
Pic By the author Our lives are not in a constant even flow. There are troughs and crests interspersed with the routine business of living. While the crests are easy to ride- being as they are about intense happiness, success, joy et all, it’s the troughs which get us down and out. Unhappiness, grief, or […]
Kite of my beloved lord flies… without wings, loosely hung on a thread … propelled by just an intention… unaware of it’s limitations… rises and touches the sky… dances in the air… as if there’s no tomorrow… So much and more …. in faith… it surrenders and rejoices, swings and enjoys it’s journey so […]
The Communication Skills session ended, I walked out and then someone said ” Excuse me Ma’am.” I turned around to find a bunch of ladies. One of them said, “Usha wants to share her story, she has written it down for you.” I had given an assignment in class about sharing a real life experience. Usha […]