North-east troubles
Assam has been burning with political unrest and insurgency for years on end. Unfortunately, many of us in mainland India neither know the history of this disturbance nor its effects on people who live...
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What young india wants: selected essays and columnsChetan BhagatRupa, 2012, pp 181, 140This book analyses issues facing India and offers solutions. Bhagat asks — unless we are all in...
View ArticleNegative film
In 'The Village', Lalwani draws the reader in with rich characterisation, interactions, dialogue and more that paint a sad story of hope and despair, writes Monideepa SahuRay Bhullar, a young British...
View ArticleThe best of cinema
Now that the 10 best movies of all the voters in the Sight and Sound poll is out, it is looking much more instructive, fun, and revealing than the 50 best list. In essence, the 10 best films of some...
View ArticleBack to the roots
The music of Manganiyars, a caste of hereditary Muslim musicians in Rajasthan, is passed down orally. Now, efforts are on to widen the audience for their music, writes Nida Najar In this tiny village...
View ArticleArt entering the everyday
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life, said Picasso. Yes, Hulchul works to see that art leaves its familiar domain of art galleries, museums, art journals and books and splashes...
View ArticleDevoted to dance
At the recent Vilasini Natyam performance in the Telugu University for Anandapriya Foundation, the hall was packed with the audience even spilling over into the aisles and a host of photographers...
View ArticleThunderbolt critic
"Robert Hughes, who has died aged 74, was simply the greatest art critic of our time and it will be a long while before we see his like again," eulogised Jonathan Jones, art writer of The Guardian. "He...
View ArticleAgainst the grain...
It's been 13 years since he quit directing films — films that ranged from Arth and Saaransh to Aashiqui and Sadak. Mahesh Bhatt, however, lives and breathes cinema. As the creative backbone...
View ArticleHumble Hangal
On August 27, Prithvi Theatre buzzed with a sizeable crowd of film personalities, media persons and theatre lovers. It wasn't a play that they had gathered to see, but they had come to pay their last...
View ArticleA little boy's dream
S Nanda Kumar speaks to celebrated Kannada film actor Srinath, on his time in the industry and his association with acclaimed film director Puttanna Kanagal. The year was 1950. A seven-year-old boy...
View ArticleMusic for the soul
When Norah Jones's debut album Come Away With Me was released in India in 2002, she made news primarily as the daughter of Sitar maestro Ravishankar. But very soon, her talent outshadowed her pedigree....
View ArticleRocking the raaga
A pioneer who changed the face of Indian classical music and made it appeal to a larger audience, Abhijit Pohankar is also a music producer, composer, singer and Indian classical keyboardist. For, he...
View ArticleStyle check
Juanita kakoty speaks to actress Soha Ali Khan and designer Akki Narula on their latest venture as television hosts of an upcoming show, 'What Not To Wear'. "I have always watched What Not to Wear UK...
View ArticleOld is indeed gold
So, have you heard about that old man who forgot his way to wherever he was going, and decided to come, instead. He then mused, "Right now, I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've...
View ArticleSo, what's new?
In this age we live in, where modernity and youthfulness are celebrated and tradition is often abandoned, are we overlooking the attributes of oldness? 'New' isn't the cool kid on the block after all....
View ArticleDelaying development is risky affair
Delaying development of pieces in a chess game is one of the crucial mistakes committed by beginners but many a times this can also be seen at the higher level of the game. Chess basics have always...
View ArticleSmriti still has a lot to achieve
Smriti Mehra has been the flag-bearer for women's golf in India for nearly two decades. From opening the door of opportunities when she became the first Indian to qualify for the main LPGA Tour in 1997...
View ArticleCricketer who walked the talk
"I always played to win," emphasised Thilak Naidu during his retirement speech last Wednesday. Ironically, nothing can drive home this fact more emphatically than his final Ranji Trophy match for...
View ArticleThe young turks who made it happen for India in Townsville, Australia
Unmukt ChandBorn: March 26, 1993 in DelhiBatting style: Right-hand batBowling style: Off-breakRuns in World Cup: 246Wickets in World Cup: 1In a nutshell: The top-order batsman, scored a match-winning...
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