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Why Mona Lisa Smiled
Who is the Mona Lisa talking to?
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A Leaf Out Of Someone Else’s Book
It’s hard to supress that innate sense of superiority in pulling out a book and placing it in the ‘right’ stack along with others in the genre. So pop fiction to the sides, classics in the middle, bestsellers on top. Then realisation strikes that the dynamics of cataloguing work differently in a street-stall.
It’s Either Forgive or Forget
How do you truly forgive when you cannot forget?
Black and White and Red
She may have watched Gone with the Wind too many times since she only dresses in black and white. A reflection of the way she thinks. And she supposes that a penchant for red lipstick makes her friend, a close affiliate to Bozo the clown. Bozo reasons that someone who reads Kundera and Murakami,…
A Village To Raise A Child – Scarlette Keeling & Adnan Patrawala
On February 18, a fifteen-year-old British tourist called Scarlette Keeling was found dead on Anjuna Beach, Goa. Death by drowning was the initial statement by the police.
The Cad Fad
I’m quite offended by this new Sprite ad. A lot of ads seem to be offending me these days…no, it isn’t because ads have suddenly become offensive, it’s because I’m watching more TV. And being increasingly appalled by what popular culture is shoving down our gullets. But to come back…
PenTathalon: A Mental Workout & Five Writing Exercises
The PenTathalon sounded like fun. And unnerving given its ‘Five Exercises for Fiction Writers’ description. What does a fiction writer look like, one wondered. I found out on the morning of Saturday, 3rd February.
Almost Normal – A Book At The Kala Ghoda Art Festival
The Kala Ghoda Art Festival this year takes me back to my campus days of festival-hopping. Make the trip for one event, bump into a whole lot of people who on reflection you know just will be there, catch another event completely on impulse and in general have a phlethora…
City | Pop Culture | WorkSpace
KGAF – The Early Bird Gets A Ride On The Black Horse!
KGAF is Mela meets Social Awareness and they both get a lift from Commercial Sponsors to go to the Arty Party.
A Voice That Shatters Glass…The Glass Ceiling!
I was an amateur singer in college. Inadvertently, the campus festivals also became my ground for shattering glass celings with my voice.