by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jul 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
The hot sams (samosas) are for Rs. 4. It’s not a canteen. It’s a cafe. At the cafe at St. Stephen’s college in Delhi University, you might be asked to zap the chap (chapati). Denizens of this elite college can be heard discussing the G-jams (gulab jamuns) in Carol...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jun 25, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Music
The weather in Central Maharashtra, said Jim Nadel, Artistic Director and Founder of Stanford Jazz Workshop, was about the same as outside, in Palo Alto, California. This seemed a fitting setting for the Indian Jazz Journey on June 23rd, and attendees were welcomed...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Jun 17, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Community
The concert started on time, the first reassuring sign that all was well. By the time Sonu Nigam arrived, his larger than life image loomed behind him and seemed to dwarf his physical body. The crowd cheered as his mellifluous voice lilted to the strains of familiar...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | May 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
An interview with Ritesh Batra, the writer and director of Photograph, where he kindly assures Geetika Pathania Jain three times that she is not being too fanciful, and discusses the characters and their motivations: Geetika Pathania Jain: Thank you for this exclusive...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | May 14, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Culture
Mira Nair’s 1998 film Salaam Bombay! firmly established her in the pantheon of great film-makers. The film’s gritty realism can be seen as the legitimate cinematic ancestor to contemporary preoccupation with slumdogs. Several of Nair’s recent works have dealt with...
