Watch Chadha’s Film Tackle White Supremacy Before You Vote!
What to watch before the election, in light of Trump's troubling stance on white supremacists? Gurinder Chadha's film Blinded by the Light (2019) is a treat for
Geetika Pathania Jain
Arrivals and Departures: What moves you?
It is not often that one has the opportunity to review the work of a dear friend, but perhaps it is inevitable that when writing for a community magazine, there
Valarie Kaur: What If Maternal Love Extended to Our Opponents ?
"As many mothers know, love is sweet labor -- a choice that we have to make over and over again, every single day. What would it look like to extend a fraction
A Desi Lawyer and a Talking Lemur Tackle Patriarchy in Chimerica
Anita Felicelli’s protagonist in her new novel, Chimerica, is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day when she first meets the talking lemur. Maya
Bombay Rose and Kashmir Guns
I am not ashamed to admit that I sometimes cry in darkened theaters. It happened during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre scene in Gandhi, Naatak’s powerful play
Exclusive Interview! Gurinder Chadha Dazzles in ‘Blinded by the Light’
I wanted to tell Gurinder Chadha that she is to me what Springsteen is to Javed in her film Blinded by the Light (2019). Larger than life. Awe-inspiring. Authe
Jumping Into Muck: Article 15 Takes on Caste
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 za
Kabir meets Miles Davis at Stanford Jazz 2019
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, Califo
Sonu Sings for Sankara Again
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 seeme
Exclusive Interview With Director of Photograph
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 fanci
Casualties of an Unchosen War
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 ci
Protesting in Pink on May Day
Happy May Day for all those who labor! From our archives, a book review of "Pink Sari Revolution: a Tale of Women and Power." Sampat Pal emerges as a courageous
