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 Bruce Springstein fans, and also a searing critique of white supremacy. “We have seen...
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 is a spark of recognition upon reading the name of the author in a review copy. The arts community of...
“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 of that love, to ourselves, to others who don’t look like us, and even to our opponents?” ...
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...
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...
