The Party Queen

Pupps Roy is popular in the expat party scene in the capital. He has chalked out a radically different life that makes him endearing to his friends Pupps Roy is such a sensation. He’s a popular figure amongst the party crowd of expats in the city. His arrival is anticipated with bated breath at rooftop […]

Beating the blues

Informal jamming sessions of the Delhi Drum Circle keep hearts beating and audiences mesmerised during hot summer afternoons A teenage boy, intending to spend a quiet evening at a café, sat in a corner reading a Murakami novel. Unexpectedly, a trickle of people started arriving—some with musical instruments, some without. For the next few hours, […]

Real royal weddings

if wedding scenes in hindi films set the trends for a million weddings across the country, when the stars wed, their designers make sure they look like princes and princesses of the days of royalty  

Quaint, timeless

In the sleepy Himachal village of Garli, time comes to a standstill. Part of the heritage zone, it is home to architectural marvels where tales are lost in rubble There is magic in the morning air. It isn’t raining anymore but the dark clouds are floating. The snow-capped Dhauladhar range shines in the distance. A […]

Odes to patriarchs

The articulation of male and female emotions about their father, in the backdrop of a patriarchal society, has been well captured in poetry by some English poets I remember reading two poems for my English Literature paper in my high school years; “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas and “Breaking […]

Hoisting the rainbow flag

An interview with Sridhar Rangayan, founder-director of Mumbai’s Kashish International Queer Film Festival, who is giving the LGBTQ community space on the screen Not everyone possesses the courage to stand up for what is right. Sridhar Rangayan is one of those rare souls who was brave enough to break free. National Award winning filmmaker, activist, […]

How TRPs are ‘fixed’

Small sample size, ‘panel tampering’ and conflicting interests are just some of the problems that plague TV viewership measurement in India Hansa Research Private Limited, a Mumbai-based global market research company, on April 8 registered a complaint at Gwalior’s Madhav Ganj police station following a leak of Broadcast Audience Research Council-related information by one of […]

BE VARY OF INSPIRATION

Diet Sabya, the new fashion police is looking out for blatant plagiarism by Indian fashion designers. They are unlike the usual patrolling done on Bollywood celebrities for not dressing up to the mark Is surfing the internet before we take on any creative task, a norm now? For the times, we want a ‘unique’ birthday […]