In Letting Go
Guest Author: Utsa Bose Death, we are told, arrives unawares; that it arrives suddenly, softly, swiftly, without remorse, catching us defenceless, ripping us apart. We learn to read death as a parting, as departing, as an aberration, as deviation, devastation and exception—but what are we to do when we reach a point in life when […]
The Music of Ritwik Ghatak
“Why do you always sing sad songs?” Ishwar asks his sister Sita in Subarnarekha. “It is almost as if there is nothing in this world beyond pain and suffering.” When art stems from lived experiences, it must be truthful. And truth is seldom under the compulsion to have a happy ending. Cinema, for Ritwik Ghatak, […]
Posters for Posterity
An ode to Ray the graphic designer
The Poetry of Kamala Das
Remembering the poet who wrote for the Indian woman
The Other Lens
An account of some of the most prominent photographer characters in Indian cinema
To Love the Ordinary
Remembering the world of Basu Chatterjee that celebrated the richness of simple living
Why don’t we talk about Salims or Naseems anymore?
Exploring Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s undisguised portrayal of Muslim communities
My Tagore: A Lesson on Endurance
How the poet still gives us the strength to live life
The Chronicles of Goopy-Bagha: Food, the Unlikely Hero
Looking back on how hunger played a central role in Ray’s timeless masterpiece
