Vishakha Iyer: Bharatanatyam for my HSC
Vishakha Iyer lives and breathes dance, Bharatanatyam in particular. And so it was a no-brainer that she picked Dance as an HSC subject.
Only weeks...
Payment controversy over ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ provokes questions about documentary storytelling
Months after the Indian film The Elephant Whisperers won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards this past March, the mahout (elephant rider or caretaker)...
Why Vijay Hazare will always be my number one cricket hero
Many cricket fans and critics have asked me who I consider to be the best Indian batsman. Having watched cricket since the early 1950s,...
Rom-coms : How they became a festive season staple
It is a visual language with which we are almost all familiar. It’s cold and snowing outside, but inside, next to a crackling fire,...
Man of the match, Mr Claus
It is well past breakfast time. Santa is still in bed. The bearded guy with a big belly and an appetite to match is...