The racism chronicle

With a short film that had its world premiere at Festival de Cannes this year, Delhi boy Akshun Abhi, now based in Los Angeles, is on a high The film that took Akshun Abhi, all of 24 years, and the team of 7 Rounds to Cannes is based on last year’s Kansas racial killing in […]

LONG LIVE CARBS!

In modern weight loss diet, carbs have never been hated this much. But is it wise? Those were much simpler and much tastier times. Breakfast would be alu paratha made in ghee with fresh butter and curds. Lunch would be a lighter dal-chawal, or if it was a weekend, then rajma-chawal. Pakodas in the evening, […]

Where the road ends

Dodging monkeys, listening to birdsong, the drive from Nainital to KunjAkharak, through the Naina Devi Himalayan Bird Conservation Reserve, is a planet lover’s delight “Come here,” says Harinder Singh Bisht, my guide and guard with the Vinayak Forest Rest House. Precariously, he stands at the edge of the mountain, pointing out the villages in the […]

The Bard of Bollywood

A young boy from Meerut had a dream of becoming a famous cricketer. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately), when studying at Delhi University, his thumb broke just a day before an inter-university tournament. Soon after, he lost his father. These two developments made him give up his dream of playing cricket for the country. Clearly, destiny […]

Events of the week

Music in the moonlight What: Indulge yourself in an enchanting evening of music this weekend. Teamwork Arts presents a special concert, ‘Under the Banyan Tree on a Full Moon Night’ which will showcase traditional classical and folk music. The artist will be performing under the banyan tree with the minarets of the Qutub Minar in […]

LISTLESS IN LEIPZIG

A BACKPACKER’S ACCOUNT OF AN EVENING WITH THE NON-CONFORMIST SENSITIVE YOUTH WHO HANG OUT ON PAVEMENTS ALL NIGHT IN A GHETTO-LIKE QUARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY TOWN OF LEIPZIG Leipzig is a German city with a renowned university, and a throbbing alternate culture. The latter plays out in the almost ghettoised relatively underdeveloped eastern district where […]

The Renting circus

How the fashion enthusiasts in India are coping with designer apparel renting business If you happened to follow the extraordinaire outfits guests at Sonam Kapoor’s wedding wore, you now have a knack for everything fashion designers in the country do in the name of opulent occasion wear. And for most of the attendees, this opulence […]

Chronicling child abuse in cinema

Hindi films have portrayed child sexual abuse in their films time and again, whereas in India this hasn’t figured in as the key theme in world of letters As the recent spate of sex crimes against children hit the headlines and stirred national discourse, it would be relevant to see how Hindi films have engaged […]