Having single-handedly ferried his parents to 40 spots of pilgrimage on a DIY bamboo palanquin, the mythological Shravan Kumar has always been a bit of an impossible ideal. Yet, when Arvind Kejriwal was re-elected chief minister recently, his deputy Manish Sisodia said, “Delhi has again voted for its favourite son, its Shravan Kumar”. For the …
Having played a crucial role in making India a formidable cricket side, Harbhajan Singh will now be seen playing a part in Friendship, a forthcoming Tamil film. Harbhajan Singh, who couldn’t go to college in real life, is living the student dream in a movie. (Photograph by Bandeep Singh) Q. Your film is set on …
John Hawley brings a unique authority to bear on his subject — Krishna’s Playground: Vrindavan in the 21st Century. Very few know the field of Surdas and medieval Braj poetry like he does. Far from being a merely bookish scholar, Hawley has immersed himself in the literature and lived cultural experiences and traditions of the …
Low is the third instalment of Jeet Thayil’s ‘Bombay trilogy’, its protagonist Dominic Ullis, the Syrian-Christian narrator of Narcopolis, the Booker-shortlisted first instalment, returning to the city after his wife’s suicide. Set over two (possibly three) nights — rather than the decades over which both Narcopolis and The Book of Chocolate Saints, the second instalment, …
According to a United Nations Development Programme study, published just ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8, 2020), nine out of 10 people are biased against women. There is an obvious revelation here — a majority of women find themselves prejudiced against their own kind. Netflix’s Guilty, a venture of Karan Johar’s digital content venture …
Neeraj Pandey’s new web series furthers his fascination with men who protect the nation. Neeraj Pandey Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey’s oeuvre suggests he has a predilection for telling stories of men in service-in A Wednesday (2008), a police officer bargained with a disillusioned citizen; Special 26 (2013) dealt with CBI officers chasing a gang of conmen; …
Abstract art might not well be everyone’s cup of tea, but for those who delight in it, its list of virtues is longit appeals to the better powers of one’s imagination, it breaks hierarchy and affords interpretive freedom. The canon of Indian abstract art includes the likes of J Swaminathan, VS Gaitonde, SH Raza and …
World No. 2 chess player, Koneru Humpy, is showing that mothers can do it all. Always thinking ahead Koneru Humpy. (Courtesy Amruta Mo kal, ChessBase India) There are two games that Koneru Humpy, 32, has been trying to master over the previous year — one, chess, the other, hide-and-seek with her two-year-old daughter Ahana. Last …
The newly released web show, Pawan & Pooja, again proved that the very presence of Deepti Naval could raise something from being watchable to delightful. Beneath her quiet, we found a frank candour. Q. When you compare some of your earlier films Chashme Buddoor (1981), Katha (1983) to the films of today, do you feel …
A recent exhibition showed how political leader Biju Patnaik was also once a daredevil aviator Risky business: The transport aircraft used in the Indonesian rescue operation in July 1947; and (bottom) Biju Patnaik (centre) with Indonesian authorities during another trip to the country in Dec. 1947. Biju Patnaik was the chief minister of Odisha twice …
