Artiste: Nadisha Thomas Song: Right as Rain Right as Rain is about faith, hope, love, truth, the mistakes we make and everything in between. We live in a world where we have a facade that covers up our true feelings and thoughts. We never really...
Movies bring people together. They bring cultures together. They minimize the gap between borders and emotions. When a Kannada film makes noise on an OTT platform, Telugu meme-makers take it upon themselves to make fiery, relevant content. Similarly, when a Hollywood film trailer releases, netizens...
From modelling to television, how did the shift happen? Firstly, the shift was only possible because my family supported me. I began studying fashion designing in Bangalore, but it didn’t excite me as much as the possibility of a career in films or television. I...
There’s one question I have been avoiding. How are you doing? ‘Okay’ wasn’t the answer. ‘Not okay’ would take longer. And I didn’t know where to begin. Or, if I could tell you. Can I? I know all about ‘it’s okay to talk’, but you...
Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish (Bengali) Written and directed by Rituparno Ghosh, the film premiered on 25 May 2012 at the New York Indian Film Festival. The film is based on the story of Chitrangada from the Mahabharata. It tells the story of a choreographer who...
As I talk to Eldo Pachilakkadan, he has just finished his lunch – half a jackfruit. But then, for Eldo, there is no such thing as lunch and dinner. When he is hungry, he plucks a few fruits from his garden and eats them, just...
The financial year ending March 31, 2020; and the new one starting April 1, 2020; does not augur well for the coming economic period. COVID-19 has made sure the adage ‘life is meaningless,’ is being borne through by all of the planet’s human species, especially...
The fact that India is better equipped to successfully launch rockets in space than to deliver sanitation as a matter of routine is a spectacular failure of the Indian democracy.” Wasted: The Messy Story of Sanitation in India, A Manifesto for Change by Ankur Bisen...
Forest fire. Sighting of wild bison, langurs, elephants, kingfishers, deer, antelope, peacocks, monkeys... the roar of a tiger... the cry of a bison under attack. These are all the things I encountered on my way to Wild Walkers. Welcome to the 100acre Bellikkal estate in...
The Oxygen Manifesto is not for capturing power but to initiate direct action with or without getting into power.” Atulya Misra’s The Oxygen Manifesto: A Battle for the Environment begins with an IPS officer at the end of his career searching to find himself in...
