During his stint in Amritsar, Manto stepped inside the office of the newspaper Musawat to meet his friend Abdul Bari Alig. He saw a press pass for a movie lying at Bari’s desk. Bari had no interest in the film and gave it to Manto on the condition that he pen a short piece on the... Continue Reading →
Those who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s will definitely have their fond memories of Doordarshan and Dekh Bhai Dekh. Here's a podcast that takes you back in time to tell you more about the making of this DD classic. You can also listen to it on CastBox https://castbox.fm/app/castbox/player/id1402278?v=4.0.19
Life in Kerala is limping back to normalcy. The torrential rains wreaked havoc in the last one month and soon the state began to sink as it received one of the heaviest rainfalls in the last eight decades. Efforts at various levels including the government, bureaucracy and civil society is slowly helping the state to... Continue Reading →
From a time when Ranganathan street was an agraharam with just one shop on that street to a time when traffic comes to a standstill in the evenings, T Nagar has a tale that is a part of the larger story of Madras
