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 Nirupama | Jul 9, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Books, Entertainment
Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel – The Far Field – is many things all at once. A tale that spans from Bangalore to Kashmir, a tale that hints at the dark clouds of mental illness, of love lost and unrequited and the protagonist’s attempt to be honest about her...
by Arpita Sahai | Jul 8, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Culture
“ Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?” A year ago from today, I was introduced to the Fulbright, a scholarship that not only altered the course of my life but jolted my very core into wakefulness as if I were dormant all...
by Reena Kapoor | Jun 24, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
Saw Ritesh Batra’s Photograph and loved it! Although it is indeed slow as molasses and if you thought his Lunch Box (which I loved) was too slow for your taste then perhaps best to not bother with this one. But I loved its lyrical, less-is-more minimalist...
by Meera Prahlad | Jun 17, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
Frameline43, the forty-third San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is slated to be held between June 20 and June 30, 2019. For eleven days, this film festival is bringing nearly 150 gay-themed movies from various countries to SF. Frameline43 also offers...
by Tanmay Chowdhary | Jun 6, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Films
I was born in India, in a colonial house left by the Muslim tenants who would move to Pakistan as a result of the Partition, a subsequent byproduct of Indian Independence from the Britishers. I lived in a house with twenty other family members and I shared a room with...
