In 1983, BR Ishara (arguably the first director in Indian cinema to shock middle class sensibilities with films like Chetana and Zaroorat that treated supposedly ‘wanton’ women with sympathy) made a film called Log Kya Kahenge. The film starring Shabana Azmi, Navin Nischol, Shatrughan Sinha and Sanjeev Kumar had some startlingly honest dialogues about a woman […]
Penguin presents the authoritative India’s War by Srinath Raghavan. Srinath Raghavan’s ‘India’s War: The Making of Modern South Asia’ talks about the involvement and contribution of India in the Allied war effort and how it won them the war. Between 1939 and 1945, India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves […]
After the acclaimed film, Shuruaat Ka Interval, Humaramovie, a cutting-edge digital content studio is now back with their second feature tentatively titled, Shor Se Shuruaat, as part of the initiative Shuruaat, an annual one-of-a-kind mentored short film competition. Shor Se Shuruaat, is an anthology of 8 short films based on a common theme, Shor (Noise), which will be directed by the debutant protégés […]
Dehradun is all set to witness its first ever major literary event this April. World Integrity Center, India (WIC India) – the most sought after cultural hub in Dehradun, is gearing up to host the festival in the city on 22nd and 23rd April, 2016. The festival’s organizing partners include the Harvard Club of India and Springhead Communications. 25 renowned fiction […]
Want to tell a story that is yet untold? Do you love plots within plots? And want to create an imaginary world that the world will inhabit with you? If so, discover the dormant muse with a little bit of help from us. ** Unboxed Writers with venue partner The Leanin’ Tree Art Cafe announce […]
For the first writing workshop by Unboxed Writers, the Leanin’ Tree Art Café is the perfect choice. Here is a piece that I did on Leena Chethan, the driving force behind the cafe in April 2015 for The New Indian Express. Art has been a passion for Leena Chethan for as far back […]
Eileen Gray, was an Irish architect and furniture designer. Born in Ireland in 1878, Gray was from an aristocratic family; she became the nineteenth Baroness Gray in 1895. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London where she studied painting. In 1900 she went on her first visit to Paris and visited the Exposition Universelle, an international design […]
Penguin presents Pyre, a powerful and gripping tale penned by Perumal Murugan, one of India’s leading contemporary storytellers. Pyre tells a moving, haunting tale of love threatened by societal prejudice and is translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan. The summary: Saroja and Kumaresan are in love. After a hasty wedding, they arrive in Kumaresan’s village, harbouring the dangerous secret […]
Penguin Books India with Hamish Hamilton announces the launch of Tahmima Anam’s The Bones of Grace on May 19th 2016 The Bones of Grace is the third part of the brilliant Bengal Trilogy in which A Golden Age and The Good Muslim were published in 2007 and 2011 respectively. Advance praise for the book ‘A novel of heart, […]
When I watched Tom Hanks’s The Terminal, I was left confused and am quite undecided even today on whether it’s a tale of resilience or a story about the helpless acceptance by a man of his circumstances. The way Hanks watches people come and go, all the while making himself comfortable in an airport terminal, hoping […]
A 1981 film Itni Si Baat (starring Sanjeev Kumar and Maushami Chatterjee) tried to flip the idea of a conventional marriage like a drippy omelette that crash lands on the chef’s face. So we had the husband burning the food and fumbling through daily domestic chores with a song, “Raja o Raja, tera baj gaya baaja, ” playing […]
People, I have a problem. I have a #blisteronmyfoot. It is red, raw and painful. So I am taking it very seriously. These are the steps I have taken since today morning when I discovered it : 1. I have posted a mirror selfie of me resting on my bed with my foot up on the […]