Category: Others
Flame-throated Bulbul
India is home to 17(!) species of Bulbul. This is by far my most favourite, the Flame-throated Bulbul.
Curly/Wavy/Grey Hair Care Tutorials Part 2
Any hair care, hair health suggestions from someone who is genetically enabled with a good head of hair is going to be inherently ableist. So my apologies if these trigger anyone. To a large extent we are stuck with the skin and the hair we have inherited. Good nutrition and care can alleviate some issues, [...]
Curly/Wavy/Grey Hair Care Tutorials: Part 1
My Journey Growing up, I was told I had extremely curly hair. My mother used to oil it every day and make two plaits. Although I hated it then, and was made fun of by girls whose parents allowed them to keep their hair short for looking unfashionable, I now realise that it was a [...]
Saudagar (1973) a revisit.
While I had watched the film Saudagar several times over the decades, I first heard of Nolen Gur only a few years ago, when Sweet Bengal opened an outlet near my house and I had my first Nolen Gur Rossogulla. My eyes popped out of my head at the unexpectedness of it. It's not a [...]
Rajnigandha
The English name for her Is Tuberose, a name so unimaginative For a flower such as Rajnigandha. She's not much to look at I admit, Ordinary as flowers go, Too tall, too thin and she scatters Easily, one ill-wind away from falling By day you'd pass, unimpressed, The bunch you stuck into a vase Recycled [...]
Ode To the Bombay Autorickshaws.
You know the world has irrevocably changed when an MH02 autorickshaw agrees to to go to an MH03 destination. Let me explain. Like in most big cities, you can look at the number plates of kaali-peelis and autorickshaws to tell which part of Bombay they are from. MH01 would mean South Bombay, MH02, Bandra-Andheri, MH03 [...]
The Free Will of a Woman.
Mahadevi Akka was a fool,Who thought she could flyWhen she took off her clothesIn a declaration of her freedom.She wandered the streetsIn her birthday suitSinging praises of Chenna Mallikarjuna,Her divine Loverbecause the local boysJust didn't measure up.The joke's on her though.The local boys offended by her naked body,Covered her in clothesAnd stuck her into a [...]
Unbearable
Pic: Internet I love Rebel Wilson. Who doesn't, you may well ask. But I LOVE her. For my family, who are massive fans of the Pitch Perfect series, she’s something of a hero. I imagine they wrote her in as a token diversity character of a fat friend, the comic relief. But such is the [...]
℅ Kancharapalem, a review.
As usual I’m a little late entering the reviewing game. I find it difficult to do anything, see anything that comes with a tag of majoritarian approval: send your kid to school, everyone has done it since time immemorial, watch Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, it's a huge hit; 48% of the country voted for Modi, [...]
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