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...
Getting up at 4 every morning with the constant reminder of not being a kid anymore; rushing to school without entirely understanding Kepler’s laws; starting an exam with ‘-5’ already marked on the answer sheet for being late; listening to teachers ‘motivate’ students by asking...
When Masthan Maharaj looks back on his journey, he still feels it might all be a dream. For from where he started, he has sure come a long way. Masthan grew up in Chennai, watching Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo and being in awe of their...
“That was the Past. Tie me, tether me so I don’t stray there again.” I Have Become the Tide – Gita Hariharan I read a review recently which argued that fiction was not free of the necessity to be political. If we address a subject,...
THE mercury has been rising steadily in Kerala in the past two months, leaving half the population scampering to fix air conditioners and coolers in their homes. The temperature in most cities hovers between 35 and 38 degrees these days, and living without some cooling...
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a legend and a role model like few others. Charles Bolden is an astronaut who went to space on four missions between 1986 and 1994, and spent over 680hours in orbit around earth. He piloted Space Shuttle Columbia in 1986,...
The moment I knew I was going to meet Lydian Nadhaswaram, less than 48hours after his amazing win at the first ever season of The World’s Best on CBS, I assumed I would meet a shy boy who was either struck by fame or someone...
