A Dance of Protest

Hundreds of protestors gathered in San Francisco to protest against a scheduled hate rally in the city on the 25th of August 2017.

The so-called 'hate rally' was a ...

Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

Dunkirk

Writer and Director Christopher Nolan, has yet again hit a home run. This time the ball has gone even further out of the park. “Dunkirk” is truly a sight for so...

This Indian Village Is Making Jeans Out Of Banana Fibre

Things getting a little stuffy in those jeans? Slide into a pair of banana fibre jeans and liberate those sweaty legs!
Anakaputhur, a weavers’ village located on...

“I Would Listen To My Songs And Learn From My Mistakes,” Alka Yagnik

Mumbai 19th April 2017: One of the most illustrious singers of Bollywood, Alka Yagnik entered the auditorium for the 5th Veda session at Whistling Woods International (WWI)...

Experimenting With Seven Styles Of Odissi

“Dance is the essence of my soul,” said Odissi exponent and Sangeet Natak awardee Aruna Mohanty, who is the recipient of this year’s prestigious Padma Shr...

Japan’s Gender-Bending History

I’m an anthropologist who grew up in Japan and has lived there, off and on, for 22 years. Yet every visit to Tokyo’s Harajuku District still surprises me. In th...

In The Mood For Chinese Movies? Check Out Spring Film Festival

Cineastes can now sate their curiosity about Chinese film at Shangri-La Plaza’s Spring Film Festival from January 25-29. Those wishing to experience how cinema has si...

The Christie Way

Anthony Horowitz’s own Alex Rider series for young adult readers is successful, but he is also labelled a pasticheur, for writing in the style of other authors, like ...