I woke up with an unfamiliar feeling that gnawed at me. I slowly recognised it as resentment. Unfamiliar because I, consciously or unconsciously, I have practised not to look back unless the memories are happy ones, or not to look too far ahead for a future that is uncertain, even imaginary. This has helped […]
There’s a tree in my neighbour’s garden And inside, I see a nymph. She’s trapped within That rough, grey bark. Frozen. Heart still beating, Eyes still seeing, Mind still racing. But they will slow soon too. Years later she will forget. Another form, she’ll take; A reverse metamorphosis Eyes still seeing Heart still beating. Only […]
I know what you are doing right now. Your shoulders are rounded and down, your back is curled and your head is bent forward at an angle (at about 60 degrees) that is exerting about 60 pounds of pressure on your cervical spine as you read this post on your smart screen. Now that you […]
I can’t get this image out of my head. A young survivor of the latest mass shooting in the US, clinging to a parent, with a Valentine’s Day balloon clutched in the hand. And yet another image. Of screaming children raising their hands in the air as a SWAT team breaks into an auditorium. And one […]
At the age of twelve, she had crossed the borders from Bangladesh. She was a refugee of the India’s independence movement. She found shelter in her maternal uncle’s house in the suburb near Calcutta. She is 92 now. The distant memory of her journey across the border is crystal clear though she cannot recall a sentence […]
Pradeep Vaidya is a committed theatre practitioner and has been been working in theatre for over twenty years as a writer, director, music composer, singer, light designer, theatre trainer, theatre manager. He has, to his credit a META each for Best Light Design in 2007, 2011 and 2016 besides several nominations in other categories. Other prestigious awards for […]
August 1947 was a watershed moment in the history of the Indian sub-continent. India – the jewel in the British crown – became an independent nation as it broke away from its imperial past of over 200 years. The joyful moment however was short-lived as independence unfortunately came at a heavy price in the form […]
Harper Collins presents a revealing memoir and an empowering manifesto, BRAVE by Rose McGowan Unscripted, courageous, victorious, angry, smart, fierce, unapologetic, controversial and real. Rose McGowan was one of the first women to come forward about being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein, and has since become the absolute flag bearer for the push back against sexual […]
From the time I saw Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan playing Makhdoom Mohiuddin in the DD series Kehkashan in the 90s, and singing, “Ishq ke sholon ko bhadkao ki kuch raat kate ” , I have believed that we have done him injustice by limiting his profile to a histrionics heavy actor. His eyes and silences are […]
Penguin presents Words From The Hills by Ruskin Bond. Penguin invites you to pen your thoughts in this beautifully illustrated journal which brings Ruskin Bond’s unique world to life. Ruskin Bond’s Words From The Hills is a collector’s delight and a companion for adults, and at the same time inculcates creativity in school children and […]
Is it a prequel? Is it a sequel? It’s neither. In fact, The Book of Dust is… an ‘equal’. It doesn’t stand before or after His Dark Materials, but beside it. -Philip Pullman Penguin Random House is delighted to announce the release of the much awaited The Book of Dust. Praise for the book: It will be […]
Penguin presents, “Conflicts of Interest” by Sunita Narain, a book that has a blueprint for how India can clean up its act and deal with its environmental exigencies. India’s foremost environmentalist, Narain gives a personal account of her battles as part of the country’s green movement. While outlining the enormous environmental challenges that India faces […]