Meena Kumari - A Legend

Meena Kumari’s rags to riches saga has a poignant edge to it. Dubbedthe greatest tragedienne of the Indian screen, her doomed personal life flashing with deep tragedy...

Addressing The Issue Of Gender Inequality In PR

Jennifer Lawrence sure made headlines with her essay on Hollywood sexism. Breaking her silence on the issue, she finally expressed that she was finished with being ‘a...

Pordenone Silent Film Festival – Female Spies, Custard Pies And Skirt-Ripping Fun For All

The Italian celebration of the silent screen produced a bumper crop of rediscovered gems from around the world – including a Laurel and Hardy classic – to wave ...

Suchitra Sen - Revisiting Icons

Standing at the far end of the room she resembled a house wife in a simple cotton saree. A few gold bangles twinkled musically round her wrist. That plump figure was out of...

Environment, Development And The Paradox Of Progress

The wisdom of ancients was cast in proverbial stone when the Atharva Veda extolled believers to worship the environment, and consequently immortalized the message of preser...

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...