Q. For many of us, the present lockdown is unprecedented, but the isolation may be familiar to you? I had to once go into hiding in Bangladesh. In 2007-2008, I was placed under house arrest for seven-and-a-half months in Kolkata and Delhi. This lockdown is certainly familiar. The only difference, perhaps, is that then I …
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Q.: Can you talk about how you have been spending your time during the lockdown? Have you had a chance to work on your music? I have a pretty simple life at home in Goa. I spend most of my time with my wife and son, who is nine years old now. We play games, …
SHUBHA MUDGAL Some of us have come together to start the ADAA (Assistance for Disaster Affected Artistes) campaign. This has been initiated out of concern for what the future holds for artistes and the arts in India. It is clear that the virus cannot be contained without social distancing and, if that is the case, …
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Tigers, over 200 of them, languish in cages. Like us today, they too are denied an elsewhere. As the end credits of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness roll, it should be their captivity that saddens us, but the new Netflix documentary miniseries is so shocking, so brutal, we somehow forget the sorrow we are …
Here are a few Netflix documentaries you shouldn’t miss. Wild Wild country The best Netflix documentaries WILD WILD COUNTRY When Osho decided Oregon would be the setting for his utopia, he opened a can of worms that led to a bioterror attack and wiretapping, but significantly, it saw the inimitable Ma Anand Sheela awaken. ICARUS …
We use the word apocalypse, and these days frequently, to describe the end of the world. But its literal meaning, from ancient Greek, is “uncovering”. No one can say for sure whether Covid-19 is our omega, but there’s no doubt we’re living through a time of revelations, of the unseen becoming visible. Since India went …
