Chennai And All That Jazz

In the midst of a stage crammed with the usual musical paraphernalia, singers and instruments, aspiring musician and student ManickVennimalai is something of a lone wolf. T...

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

True Review Television - Documentaries, In Search Of A Platform

An Oscar recognition for a documentary is a win-win situation, in most parts of the world. Though news channels pick up human interest stories and flash them predominantly ...

Exclusive Daltrey Recording Raises Funds For Teen Cancer America

First Citizens Bank and Republic Records have teamed up with nonprofit Teen Cancer America to release an exclusive recording of Roger Daltreyperforming the 1980 classic &ld...

True Review Movie - Tere Bin Laden : Dead Or Alive

Critics Rating: 2 Stars

Cast:Manish Paul, SikanderKher, Pradhuman Singh, Mia Uyeda, Piyush Mishra.

Director:Abhishek Sharma

Production:PoojaShettyDe...

True Review Television - Watch TV’s Bestest Shows On Monday

It’s that time of the year, when television has to be at its bestest. Next week, two   focal events will take centre stage on Indian television channels. On...

Gender And Power Politics

A 2014 Inlaks scholarship to study the Yakshagana folk theatre form took Bangalore-based theatre practitioner SharanyaRamprakash to the esteemed Guru BannanjeSanjeevaSuvarn...

A Grass Called ‘Hairy Panic’ Has Engulfed Part of a Small Australian Town

A small town in Australia is being engulfed by something called “hairy panic,” and it’snot what you pull out of a clogged shower drain. Hairy panic is the...

Retroscope - Jagjit Singh- A Sweet Recollection

I don’t recall when I first met the two, Jagjit and Chitra Singh. It must be sometime in the early 1970s, when Chitra came round to our tiny apartment on 29th Road TP...