The Aftermath of a Crisis- Subarnarekha During a Pandemic
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Param Raval One of the first dialogues in Subarnarekha is Sita asking Haraprasad, “When we left the village you said we were going to our new home,” following that up with “if this is our new home then why is there so much fighting here?”. […]
A Lullaby of Nonsense – The Wild World of Sukumar Ray
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Eshna Benegal “(Jodi) kumropotash naache, Khobordaar esho na keu astabol er kaache Chaibe nako daaye baaye chaybe nako paache Chaarpaa tuley thakbe jhule hottomular gaache” “ (If) Pumpkin Grumpkin dances- Don’t for heaven’s sake go where the stable horse prances Don’t look left, don’t look […]
Tagore: A Reading List
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Sakshi Nadkarni As a non-Bengali who didn’t grow up listening to Rabindra Sangeet every night, or hearing Tagore being alluded to in every other conversation, I was largely unexposed to the literary brilliance of Tagore for the major part of my life. My first encounter […]
Milk Teeth, a Virus, and Tagore
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Shayeri Bhattacharyya It’s a cloudy June morning.My cousin brother makes a face at his breakfast as I slurp on my thick milk tea. This is the first time, probably, that he is choosing something, or someone unknown over good old luchi and shaada aloor torkari […]
The Disciple: Zerrissenheit of a Fading Dreamer
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Rohit Saha “Music…is a sufficient gift. Why ask for happiness; why hope not to grieve?“ Vikram Seth, An Equal Music. A train compartment. A kid is sleeping while leaning on to his father as the father discusses the hit-and-miss nature of a renowned singer’s performance— […]
The Psychology and Economics of Superstition Through the Eyes of Devi
(Readers’ submissions: Celebrating one year of the Indigenous Blog) By Moumita Roy “Superstition is really black marketing in the business of faith.” Narendra Dabolkhar, social activist and rationalist. One of the most spectacular scenes in Devi (1960, Satyajit Ray) is when Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee) realizes that he has lost the argument with his father, […]
Dance is Architecture is Dance
Reclaiming Heritage through Movement
A Night of Memories
‘Aadate bhi ajeeb hoti hai saans lena bhi kaisi aadat hai jiye jaana bhi kya rivayat hai jiye jaate hai, jiye jaate hai aadate bhi ajeeb hoti hai’ (Aadat/ Maya’s nazm – Gulzar) A tale of memories, separation, and love that becomes difficult to separate from habit. A poet went behind the lens, translated his […]
Music Videos That Soothe the Heart
There has been a lot of incredible work over the years, in narrating stories with music. Within the span of a song, these have not only captured our attention, but have managed to stay with us, with the videos growing as important to us as the songs themselves. While I have come across several beautiful […]
The Mani Magic
By Birjis Patel Back when OTTs were not at everyone’s fingertips, exposing us to the whole new, untapped and mesmerizing world of cinema coming from various languages, ethnicities and continents of the world, it was rather difficult to come across good cinema from even the different parts of India, let alone the world. Under such […]
