On a day like this, I mused aloud, one could fall in love. It was a chirpy spring morning, and I was deep in conversation with a pretty young thing at her studio apartment, before COVID-19 hit the global ceiling. “Yes, one could,” she said,...
As an independent PR executive, how has the lockdown affected your work life? Well, the first thing is that most businesses in this situation have stopped marketing and PR. Most of my clients who are in the F&B business have taken a break for now...
I speak from a space of supreme privilege when I say this: this lockdown has been the happiest thing that has happened to me in years. Insensitive? Very. But if you are gramming your post-workout glows, aglio-olio recipes, and jabbering gibberish, every day – it’s...
RJing from home must be quite a feat… what exactly does it ensue? Yes of course.Working from home, especially as an RJ is quite a task I must say. I get asked this question a lot of times about how I’m doing my radio show...
Im in the midst of making a bed ready for the next batch of saplings to be planted. Can I call you back a little later?” he says in that unmistakable baritone he’s known for. It’s 5.30pm and Prakash Raj, it appears, is rather busy...
The most anticipated show every year in the car world is the Geneva Motor Show. This year however, unfortunately due to the COVID – 19 virus, the show had to be cancelled and manufacturers were forced to take their reveals online. Here’s a look at...
When we think about aural entertainment the first thing that pops into our head is the radio. 104.8 FM was one of my favourites before I got a smartphone but our generation is so used to fast-forwarding through on-demand content that live shows are just...
At a recently concluded culinary award function in Delhi a large number of winners were restaurants that have been focusing on ingredients as much as the finished product. These outlets, mostly new and run by young individuals are doing what was unheard of until a...
Nirmala Govindarajan’s book Taboo breaks all rules as she enmeshes prose with poetry, long sentences with short, one moment atmospheric, and another moment poignant. There is music, and a multitude of languages spicing up the book... Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Sinhala... Taboo is a master...
No Malayali music lover would have missed the song/rap poem Urakkamilla Rathrikal, a dark yet comforting piece, written and composed as an independent creation by singer Gowry Lekshmi. It isn’t her first though; Gowry composed her first song when she was just 13, marking her...
