Arun Kale
Through the Eyes of Another
Journalism can be broadly described as watching life through someone else’s eyes. We read about what happens in the world, and witness it through another person's perspective. A similar explanation can be given for our experience when we read a story, in which we get to know
Five Seconds of Fame
At the crack of dawn, as a city sleeps, a visual of a group of hundred-odd enthusiasts greet you. On your ever-expanding, forever flattening television set---wrongly called the idiot box---you see these enthusiasts screaming their guts out as they realise that the camera has captured them in its frame. Welcome
Why I Love Delhi
Having lived in Delhi for more than a year now, the city seems to me to be contemporary in the singular nature of her oldness. Her density in terms of time; the multiple eras that have passed through her walls and streets---one might ask, how is this relevant to us
Hidden-Away Surprises
En route from Bangalore to Coorg, there’s a slice of Tibet hidden away in Karnataka. Highways lined with ‘Saravana Tiffins’ and the like that boast of serving up the hottest sambar within minutes suddenly give way to open meadows with bursts of colourful prayer flags and the occasional monk
Book Review: Rights of Man
The immensity of certain incidents in the history of colonisation is such that there remains no room for subtlety. “Everyone is equal in America with a gun in hand”---Utpal Dutt says it loud and clear in the prologue of Rights of Man. The play reconstructs the trauma of the
Stories of Their Own
“I find the Indian audience more receptive to our music, when compared to the audience at home,” says Aurora Jane, tucking into a late-afternoon snack in her room at the Park Hotel, Kolkata. This is her last day in India after a three-week tour in the country to launch her
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Mirror, Mirror: Part One
A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, becomes a film which embodies the conflict between individual free will and state control. On the surface, it is a straightforward film about a juvenile delinquent---Alex---who is the leader of a gang consisting of four almost mystical men, who he calls his “drooges”
Film Review: Dhobi Ghat
In an age of swashbuckling B.M.W.'s and S.U.V.'s, Dhobi Ghat is a cinematic moped. A lightweight, breezy vehicle that lets you feel the rain fall on your naked skin, and when it gets dark, it exposes you to the dingy, rat-infested bylanes
The Experimental Nomad
In this age of constant communication, discovering your own style of expression is not always easy. Talent is a prerequisite, true, but persistence and dedication are what makes an individual stand out from the crowd, and create an exclusive niche. And this is what Anjali Sinha has managed to do