IN Indian films, the roles that mothers played, until recently, were mostly stereotyped. They were always shown as the caregivers who presented themselves at the drop of a hat to solve the problems of their children. It didn’t matter if the children themselves were in...
The land owner of the place I am currently staying at, Mr Raju, is a nice man. We have had a long association. I am the oldest tenant in this particular building, and he does not want me to leave his house. Why? I will...
As one enters Chennai from the Bangalore highway, one cannot miss Dr. MGR Engineering College standing tall and welcoming everyone to the city. The college also stands tall for being one of the few educational institutions in the city that embraces and adapts to new...
THE INTERLUDE by Fardeen Naushad It’s everywhere. Everybody’s always talking about it. There’s not a single person on earth who doesn’t know someone who hasn’t attempted it or succeeded at it. It’s hot news. Always. And yet we do so little about it. I walk...
A BEACH BABE WITH A PURPOSE If you’re looking for a great story, it’s usually a tale from the past or well, from science fiction. Nobody ever speaks of great stories from today. Stories created every day by ordinary people around us. One such story...
If you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, or interested in its history and activism, you have probably heard of Hoshang Merchant. He is one of our most famous poets, critics, academics. In 1999, he edited the first mainstream publication of gay writings in...
Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter… I might tweak this proverb to read ‘direct’ rather than ‘write’ and ‘lioness’ instead of ‘lion’. At the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, female directors were showcased in the main...
It is 7:30 in the morning and the queue at Krishna Bhavan runs long. The kitchen is busy and the dining area is full. Smoke wafts from the large iron griddle churning out dosas at the back; steam clouds the sambar cauldron in the corner....
THE 2018 floods which hit Kerala was termed the disaster of the century for the State. Something on that scale had occurred last in the year 1924. Of course, it won’t happen again in another 100 years, everyone thought. Until August 2019. While the worst...
The time for summer flings and sunny vacations may have gone by, trendy swimwear that’s chic and exotic is however here to stay. Shivan & Narresh, a beachwear brand that’s got the Indian consumer hooked talks to us on what drove them to create this...
