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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Will you steal across my skies and sing like you did last time? Will you rumble, roar, pour and thunder, just like you did last time? Will you turn dark and angry, grey and blue, and will the sun look crimson wrapped in your fury? Will the tree sway and tell me then, you are […]
The beat of drums, leads the thumping of my heart, The clouds bursting against one another; awaken the heart with a start, The flute pumps waves of melody seamlessly into the air, Peacocks dance in the rhythmic rains, as love pours down, along with streams of care, The strings of violins, invoke memories of love and […]
I am too old. I am too tired. It’s too late. I’ve a loan to pay off. My parents will kill me if I do this. My family depends on me for their bread and butter. I don’t have the finances. I have no time. I don’t think I am good enough to do it. […]
Your dreams tumble, Caught by delicate Silver cobwebs. Time slips by, and you think You have only so much time, Desperate, seeking, Running out of the time That you have allowed yourself, To find your dreams, shaped into real things, Things you can hold. But dreams are star dust And they sprinkle Over your universe […]
Every tender shoot grows green and withers to brown one day Every flower will be sucked through its tendons and become nothing one day Every pebble was part of a strong rock Every raindrop seeping into the earth was once cradled by a cloud flock The tiny feet twisting within a womb grow old to […]
Watching Lasse Hallstrom’s Chocolat always revives me. And turns life into a piece of deeply dark, melt-on-the-soul chocolate. And its not just the luscious imagery of chocolate being pounded, melted, tempered, crafted and moulded into temptation that sates the senses. It just feels so right, this film because like a cup of chilli spiked hot chocolate, it […]
There is a song that is wanting to be sung. There is masterpiece that is waiting to be painted. There is a life waiting to be lived. There is this song in each of hearts. A yearning which is never quenched. And in some ways we are all learning to listen to that. When I […]
Listen to life..There is no strife. Lovingly share from the heart Wondering about its art Together Seeing .. Not seeking Possibilities of co-creation In the midst of conflict Of the verse in the midst of What’s adverse Of the song, the voice in the middle of the noise Because .. Deep inside it all Lies […]
Sometimes, when you look at those clothes in your wardrobe, you will remember many things. Interesting little bits, bought at reasonable and unreasonable prices. You will recall, clothes that are now, perhaps, in the cupboards of flood and earthquake victims, in the house of the utensil seller who gave you a saucepan in exchange for […]
Pain seeps in Deep.. Deeper in us Hopes break trust shakes faith dwindles..fades Life is not mathematics The calculations fail us Logic fails us.. Thoughts crumble Success..the craving for it… fades Don’t sulk at the truth When you face it There will be resurgence Fake hopes glitter for a while But truth prevails And if you deny not, to […]
Plenty has happened. Plenty to go. We are at the crux where the road can take us anywhere. To the top. To the pits. Across. Within. No place. Every place. There are so many thoughts in my head that the words are all rushing in causing a jam at the fingertips.
Human I am I am human cells few a couple of tissues blood and flesh and a brain to think a heart to feel and a mind somewhere in between to fly above reach further to be one with the One who created who will destroy to recreate an endless loop a continuous cycle some […]