Life is full of surprises and the story of Avantika Heblikar stands testimony to that. A public relations consultant who then switched to social media consulting, Avantika is now a social entrepreneur and the boss of her own brand, Rustic Motifs. Being part of a...
Hurrah! We, as a nation, turn 73 this month and I for one am all geared up to see the sudden one-day-long patriotic surge that will explode all around me. It’s going to be everywhere — television, social media, radio and even within my close...
Love — a lingering logic unknown to the brain. Love — a reality known to that heart, which beats in emotional time. That heart — of a person who wears love on their sleeve. This love on the sleeve — an avalanche of emotions for...
For millenniums, the sun was the only source of light and human behaviour followed a natural day-night cycle. Certain occupations, however, meant shift work even in ancient times — think soldiers, priests, bakers, etc. Since very few people were involved in work which interrupted the...
It was in Class 1 that Spoorthi Vishwas developed her earliest idea of what freedom truly meant. “My mother had separated from my father and she raised me all alone despite being a working mother and juggling a hectic schedule. As the only child, she...
How would you define yourself? I think I would define myself as an ambitious and driven person. I could be a calm white fluffy cloud but it won’t take me long enough to churn up some tension and then shower it down with love and...
We have all heard of Vishnu taking the form of Mohini to trick the demons into giving up amrita, the elixir of life. We have also heard of Shiva being attracted to Mohini; of stories in which Shiva knows of Mohini’s reality, suggesting gender fluidity...
I clearly remember his amazing comic timing in Shankar’s Jeans, and even though he considers his role in the film as nothing more than a cameo (which we strongly disagree with), SV Sekar is one of those faces from Tamil theatre and cinema that you...
How would you define yourself? I would define myself as an explorer, who eagerly grabs any opportunity that interests me. The first thing you do when you wake up? I brush my teeth and have a cup of very strong coffee. The last thing you...
Film industries across the country have been controlled by men, who literally ‘own’ almost all the films being made; they make and break the rules and also decide who should do what and in what film. The only ‘role’ of the women, especially the female...
