“There comes the storm as it envelops the evening sky! What have you to be afraid of? And who have you to fear? Throw open all the gates and listen as the resonant thunder calls your name.” So goes the poem by Rabrinath Tagore, ওই বুঝি কালবৈশাখী (Oi Bujhi Kalboishakhi), which we are now using... Continue Reading →
I might have a bit of an obsession with the ocean. I’m not entirely sure why, but I know it’s there because I saw Moana in the theatre 4 times and cried at each screening (this was pre-Disney boycott. Then there’s the small fact that my family and I have never actually lived too far away from... Continue Reading →
Last year on Twitter, I decided to start a thread of songs that reminded me of spring: light, airy, joyous, hopeful. Sometimes filled with yearning. A simple premise, kick-started by an illegally converted video of Elo Ji Sanam from Andaz Apna Apna. It then grew to some 20 songs, followed by recommendations from a very... Continue Reading →
Monsoon Season 