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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When have you stayed in a place for just two nights and have actually hoped that they serve you the same food for dinner on both nights? I did! What got me was good old pumpkin soup! In South Indian homes, we have our rasams. They are gloriously warm in colour, spicy and sour […]
Ingredients: For the Dough 1.5 cups plain flour (maida) 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp oil 1/2 cup warm water 2 tsp active dry yeast For the toppings I have used the classic ‘pineapple and green chili’ combination. The other pizza I tried was with paneer ( cottage cheese) , cherry tamatoes , […]
The kitchen, where so many amazing things happen…was and in some subtle ways, still the substance of nightmares. At least for me. ** Potential burns, disasters, insects, and those mind boggling red ants that come to chew on the most unbelievable things. And stuff like split milk, too much food, too less food, too many […]
Here is a simple muffin recipe to brighten your new year. If you are craving something sweet, you can make these special muffins in no time. Ingredients: 1 cup ……….. plain flour (maida) 1/2 cup …….. chocolate chips (grate a chocolate bar if you don’t have these) 1/2 cup …….. dried cranberries, chopped […]
Ingredients: 1 cup rice 1/2 cup each of toor dal, masoor dal, moong dal and chana dal 1 cup curd 1 cup cut spinach handful of methi (fenugreek) leaves 1 carrot shredded 1/2 cup green peas 1/2 cup bottlegourd shredded 2 green chillies 3 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tsp […]
There is nothing like freshly baked bread hot out of oven. If you have a free evening, put your baking cap on and try this wonderful recipe. Ingredients: For the bread 1 cup ………… plain flour (maida) 1.5 tsp ………. dry yeast 1/2 tsp ………. sugar 1 tsp …………. dried oregano 1/2 tsp ………. salt […]
Unboxed Writers present Master Chef Sanjay Tyagi’s column where he will share unique recipes enriched by his decades of work in various parts of the world. It will be called From Chef Tyagi’s Kitchen. Passion and discipline inspire Chef Tyagi to create dishes that are more art than food. After having nurtured Umerkot as one of Bangalore’s premier Indian restaurants, he is now busy nourishing Tattv. Tattv, which […]