Sensitive painter
Frida Kahlo's paintings demonstrated her free spirit. She never let herself to be bound by conventions or techniques, notes Giridhar Khasnis"Ipaint my own reality. The only thing that I know is that I...
View ArticleAntonioni: The master storyteller
The year 2012 was the 100th birth anniversary year of Michelangelo Antonioni, the master filmmaker who redefined filmmaking with novel cinematic narration and characterisation. Paying tribute to him,...
View ArticleMovies to watch out for
Bollywood has a lot to offer this year — from ten sequels and three remakes to several blockbusters and youth-oriented dramas, observes Rajiv VijayakarIt is 2012 that has ended and not the...
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Rap and raveNot many rappers have adapted to dance music's takeover of popular hip-hop as smoothly as Flo Rida. The Miami-area rapper has a rapid-fire delivery and straightforward phrasing which blends...
View ArticleIt's a mad ad world
This, I declare to the magazine editor who commissioned the piece, should be easy. But calling out the mindless sexuality of advertisements that have bombarded television in the year gone by...
View ArticleGod, give us a break!
Rachna Bisht- Rawat suggests New Year resolutions to some of television's most unwanted stars to make watching the telly a pleasurable experience for us in 2013.Alright folks! It's that time of the...
View ArticleLiving on hope
As we step into 2013, we can all take a moment to hope for a better year ahead, writes S NandakumarHope. Here in India, we need that commodity to survive as surely as a human needs oxygen to live. What...
View ArticleA new year begins...
It's a new year, a new dawn, and a time to dream big. One hopes that along with the headlong rush for global influence and position that the nation is engaged in, there will also be an inward gaze, a...
View ArticleSparks set to fly
The year after an Olympic Games season normally triggers a feeling of emptiness. The big party has lifted one to a huge high from where anything less would look unappealing. That is the challenge in...
View ArticleCastle early to avoid problems
Castling is a special feature of the king and chess basics stress the importance of castling early to set up a sort of fortress around the king. It is always difficult to mount an attack on the castled...
View ArticleEyeing glory in New Year
Ever since his breakthrough victory as a budding player in the German Open (U-17) a decade ago, squash player Saurav Ghosal has been on a record-setting spree that has seen him scale one peak after...
View ArticleWalcott makes his case
For Thierry Henry, it must seem like his youth passing before him. On leave from the New York Red Bulls, where he is seeing out the last of his playing time, Henry is back at his first love, Arsenal....
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews
Remarkable fluidity Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira conducted the annual Sankranthi music festival in which many duets - both male and female - were held for eight days. Lakshmi Rangarajan and Subhiksha...
View ArticleArt reviews
Indulgent irony'Humour in Art,' the fair but not so ample exhibition that just concluded at Crimson (December 11 to January 5), seemed to have been an unassumingly sincere and holding together, if...
View ArticleTv talk
Taken over by animal instinctsThe Animal' is about a small, wimpy guy named Marvin, who always wanted to be a cop but did not have what is required to fulfill his lifelong dream. A deranged scientist...
View ArticleFilmi fundas
Refreshing chemistry on screenThere's been a lot of talk about Zanjeer, the remake of the hit film, which is being directed by Apoorva Lakhia. While Ram Charan Teja had been selected as the male lead...
View Article'Songwriting involves a lot of space and silence'
Fin Greenall aka Fink is one of the most genuine songwriters one can find in the British music circuit. And his passion has fortunately not gone unnoticed to the eyes and ears of the world. He was...
View ArticleDeep hues and rich fabrics
With the new year comes a host of new trends — in terms of drapes and designs — from Samyakk. The current collection has a blend of contemporary fashion along with ethnic detailing...
View Article'We are a well-knit community'
Travelling is part of his job — but Japanese national and the counsellor and consul of the Embassy of Japan in India, Nobuaki Yamamoto, does not seem to be complaining about his stints in...
View ArticleBetween the pages!
Some are just blessed with a creative streak. And they love exploring and doing something to keep the creative juices flowing. Namrata Navalkar from Sultan Palya, who makes bookmarks out of wedding...
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