Shruti Das

No time for a story?

No time for a story?

The tales grandmothers tell are no longer in demand, thanks to the games one can play on smartphones and the…

November 29, 2018

Making heroes out of ‘villains’

Anand Neelakantan, author of bestselling mythological novels, believes there is no such thing as evil, taking a perspective which either…

November 29, 2018

Dramatic effect

Sue Emmy Jennings, pioneer of Drama Therapy in the UK and overseas, tells Patriot about the importance of her technique…

November 15, 2018

A SPACE FOR WOMEN

The ‘Women in Film’ segment of the Jio MAMI festival has taken place this year with the backdrop of awareness…

November 3, 2018

Telling a tale of two cops

Filmmaker Ivan Ayr’s debut feature Soni tells the tale of two policewomen in Delhi who combat sexual harassment and gender…

October 25, 2018

The voice in Manto’s ‘Bol’

Vidya Shah, a Delhi-based classical singer, has been mesmerising the audience with her song ‘Bol ki lab azad hai tere’…

November 29, 2018

‘No compassion’ policy

In 2008, my father passed away due to a massive heart attack. He used to work for Air India as…

October 11, 2018

Lost heritage

Legendary hockey player Balbir Singh’s search for his memorabilia, which he donated for a national museum that was never set…

September 27, 2018

A flying wicket

Yasmin and Fazal Kidwai’s documentary, A Sticky Wicket is about the girls living in the crime-infested Shahbad Dairy. They have…

September 20, 2018