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...
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...
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 Provoke Awards 3.0 was the talk of the town all of last month and for good reason too. It wouldn’t be wrong for us to call our three-year -old baby the best awards show in Chennai! And this is not something we’re assuming. We’ve...
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...
The first time I was asked, ‘do you masturbate?’ I remember feeling like I was put in a spot. I didn’t know how to answer it. I didn’t know what would be the appropriate reply. I didn’t know if I was supposed to masturbate or...
How and when did you decide to become a singer? I used to participate in singing competitions when I was a child and one of the judges of a competition (who later also happened to become my guru) recognized the talent in me and told...
