The most beautiful irony of this documentary is its setting. While Tamil Nadu has long been in the news over human-elephant conflicts and unsuccessful rescue/rehabilitation missions, this span of 40 mins shows us how humans can live in unison with elephants. Neither elephants have to die, nor do humans have to be hurt. Everyone can …
All of us must have heard the idiom ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ at some point of time in our lives. Well, this metaphorical phrase does not hold true in the case of “Ikigai.” This book indeed falls under the self-help genre, revealing all the Japanese secrets to a long and happy life. …
To begin with, let’s be honest. The journey was pretty tiring. As per the domestic rules, leave home 3 hours before to reach the airport 2 hours before departure. Then, travelling in an airplane from Hyderabad to Gurgaon for 2 hours. After 2 hours of buffer, you board the overnight Volvo bus from Delhi that …
Being born in a middle-class Bengali family, yearly trips were like a ritual right from childhood. Inheriting the traits from my parents, I guess I have always been a beach person. Of course, family trips were fun, but then there were a few restrictions, based on body stereotypes of society, that I had to follow, …
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Shyam Benegal’s first feature film, Ankur, released in 1974 which also marked the debut of Anant Nag and Shabana Azmi, disentangles the intricacies of caste, class and gender in both rural and urban settings in a really simplified yet enlightening way. Today, after 45 years of its release, let’s take a look at the movie …
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