Penguin Presents Bhujia Barons, a story about how a family – run business from humble Bikaner transformed Haldiram into a global, much-loved brand. This is the untold story of how Haldiram built a Rs. 5000 crore empire The Haldiram’s story is not an average business story—it’s chock-full of family drama, with court cases, jealousy-fuelled regional […]
NFDC Film Bazaar 2016 is calling for entries for the Viewing Room and the Work-in-Progress (WIP) Lab. This year, the Film Bazaar will be held from November 20-24, 2016 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016. The Early Bird Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2016, which will offer a discount on the […]
“Minutes after he walked unhesitatingly into the crowd, there was a deafening sound as the bomb spluttered to life and exploded in a blinding flash. Everything changed. A moment that, in my head, will always be frozen in time. It was exactly 10.21 p.m.” Neena Gopal’s The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi gives a blow-by-blow account of the […]
I am sitting by Lake Shore Drive on my last day in Chicago. A woman is sitting by the shore, sketching the long skyline of Chicago. A gay couple kiss each other. A group of girls celebrate their friend’s birthday party. And a naughty Baltimore Oriole chases me. I sit there for hours with my […]
Boo is resting after her morning walk; her head is on her favourite panda and she seems to be half-asleep, as though she is reluctant to slip into slumber because she wants to include herself in my parents’ conversation. My parents are having their breakfast, listening to some devotional songs, and discussing the beautiful, mundane things in […]
From a very young age, I was terrified of dogs. This continued till I was in my mid- thirties. It would annoy my husband when refused to walk further if a dog was spotted at the end of the street. One day I noticed my neighbour struggling to feed her new dog. I discovered that […]
As the breathless blurbs go: he’s back! After 19 years! And so are Ron and Hermione! And Hagrid, Snape, Cedric Diggory and Dumbledore, (don’t ask), Moaning Myrtle and oh, quite a few of the Hogwarts lot we have come to know and like. It’s a new adventure, it contains all the requisite dangers, and never mind that […]
Internet sensation Ssumier S Pasricha’s recent video about Pammi aunty mocking a dark, overweight woman at a Teej function evoked mixed reactions. Was he mocking, dark and overweight women? Or was he mocking the women who mock them? If you watch his videos closely, every little narrative is about a woman deriding another woman, establishing the […]
While channel surfing a few days back, I saw Mika Singh punning upon Diana Penty’s surname and adding to good effect, “And Mika Kaccha!” I guarantee that you will not hear anyone in the film fraternity rising up in instinctive disgust over this comment just as most of them kept quiet when Salman Khan rose […]
And we crawl under The blanket of moonlit stars Silence our white noise Reading the books of our thoughts Satisfied; switch off our eyes ** Prateek Maheshwari (phatwiremarakeesh.wordpress.com) is based out of Mumbai, works full-time (overtime!) in finance and is an engineer by education. Writing is his passion.
I liked the feelings you evoked In a heart kept cold Lest it warmed up enough To be sliced in two. But the warmth was worth it The thawing was bliss The magic of love flowed To a place where it was sorely missed And the feelings you let me Gather up in my treasure […]
Author Monideepa Sahu shares with the readers of Unboxed Writers, a short story that appeared in her recent book Going Home in the Rain and Other Stories. ** I dread sitting under trees, but today I’ll do it for my wife. She says sitting hand in hand with me under that tree is romantic. I like […]