by Geetika Pathania Jain | Dec 16, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Books
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 Ramesh’s husband has just moved out with the kids. Her ethical lapses have come in the way of her chances of...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Nov 18, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
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 that tugged so expertly at my heartstrings. And my lachrymal glands were at it during Vrindavan, another...
by Geetika Pathania Jain | Aug 1, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
I wanted to tell Gurinder Chadha that she is to me what Springsteen is to Javed in her film Blinded by the Light (releasing August 16, 2019). Larger than life. Awe-inspiring. Authentic. Raw. That her 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach blew my mind! But when my icon spoke, I...
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...
