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Encore Balur
Where the tracks are beaten well, yet no one is seen. Where the sky is always clear, yet many colours gleam. Where there is silence all around, yet whippoorwills scream. Where nature runs a riot, yet peace reigns supreme. – Ami Titash, Balur. October 2014. It took us…
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Book Review : Suite Française
Yet another one of my delightful finds at the now-famous books by the kilo sale from December 2012, “Suite Française” is an excellent addition to my growing collection of books based on the Second World War. A veritable masterpiece, though written in 1941 during and after the siege of Paris,…
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Gourmand Geets: Un Brunch Chez Moi
Who doesn’t enjoy a laid back Sunday brunch? It’s a lovely way to spend Sunday in the company of good food, drinks and alcohol AND it’s easier to organize. Plus it makes perfect sense for the OCD cleaner in me – so much easier to clean up after a brunch than a dinner that…
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I Clean. So I am.
I love cleaning, putting things away and organizing. It’s been a bit of an obsession since childhood and though it’s now difficult to obsess about it constantly, I still need an organised space to be able to work, think, eat, sleep and even be in peace. Stationary stores are just…
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A Rendez-vous with India’s Frida Kahlo
Amrita Sher-Gil, a name with which I was very familiar, an artist I had heard much about and whose works I knew from the lovely coffee table book at my best friend’s place. So when the NGMA had a retrospective, I knew I had to go, even though it is…
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DanSeDialogueS 2014 : Our Solitudes
We had reached early in anticipation of this unique dance show in which the danseuse would be moving in mid- air, balanced with weights suspended from above. Having heard so much about this show, I sneaked in to get a preview (there are some advantages of being a teacher at…
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The Birth of a Book: The Honey Hunter
A serendipitous collaboration is how Anita Roy of Zubaan Publications described “The Honey Hunters,” written by Karthika Nair and illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. Developed initially for DESH, a dance show, The Honey Hunters was born out of a discussion about the age-old diasporic problem of the loss of a language.…
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Gourmand Geets : La Belle Vie
Located in Upper Coonoor, La Belle Vie housed in the 115 year old colonial hotel, 180° McIver, is a multi-cuisine restaurant that specializes in French cuisine. It was the board announcing its status as a “French Restaurant” that called my attention as our car made its way up towards Kotagiri…
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Nesting in Bangalore – Part II
Not quite the nomad yet, though I feel like one after having moved from Bombay to Pune to Bangalore in the last ten years and lived in 4 different homes. Having stayed in one house for the first 24 years of my life, house hunting is quite an adventure for…
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Fingersmith [BBC Adaptation] : a review
Fingersmith : A talented thief. Originally fingersmith meant anyone talented at using his/her fingers in any matter whatsoever. It evolved to mean someone talented at stealing. – Urban Dictionary One of the two protagonists of this 2005 two-part BBC mini-series, based on Sarah Waters’ Man Booker Prize nominated novel of the…
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Would You Like Some Muffins With Your Tea?
I’ve been fascinated with muffins and cupcakes for as far back as I can remember. Summer vacations, weekends and every free moment I had as a child were filled with Enid Blyton’s books so it’s a small surprise that my head was full of images of cold chicken salad, tomato…
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