THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE In his review of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Ankit Srivastava professes his admiration for how Flaubert has dealt with a seemingly boring subject of life in rural France with excellence – and most importantly, without judgment on the protagonist’s attempts to make her dreary life more interesting.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY Two people who have absolutely nothing in common share a seemingly similar fate – they both escaped death narrowly only to die a few days later in another mishap. What is there for us humans to deduce out of these two events? Gauri Trivedi shares her point of view.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Lessons that we learn as children indeed turn out to be lessons of a lifetime. Smruti Patil shares one such event from her life that taught her a valuable truth. Read on.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK Yayaati Joshi discusses the film Today’s Special and says that it is one of those commercial movies that are classified as a B-movie, only because it is made on a low budget. It’s a well-made film, he explains, but has remained that sort of a movie that goes unnoticed, because of the general lack of appreciation for such B-films.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY In the first part of his series discussing memory (in the July 2012 issue), Viswanathan Subramanian spoke about how we have misplaced the role of memory in our lives, which in turn is causing so many misunderstandings in our relationships. Continuing to share his thoughts on memory, Viswanathan discusses Ulladhu Narpadhu or the Forty Verses on Reality by Sri Ramana Maharishi in this article.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE “The book attempts to recreate a modern day renaissance of Hafiz, Kabir, Rumi, Lalla, Mirabai and Tagore at least in intent,” says Vinita Agrawal, in a review of ‘The Poetry of Yoga’, a collection of the works of 150 poets from over 16 countries. Read on.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY A newspaper article that talks about how cultivating one’s memory is neglected these days and how the virtues of memory are now entrusted to gadgets, prompts Viswanathan Subramanian to look within and explore a valid question – “Have we misplaced the role of memory in our lives?” Read on.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Songs can do wonders: Gauri Trivedi tells us how one song made her feel more accepted in her foreign land.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD | FILM FREAK This month, Yayaati Joshi picks two films to illustrate how movies in the ‘action’ genre need not be all about gore and violence but could also be about nuanced and subtle filmmaking. He insists that people who do not tolerate ‘action’ as a genre and dismiss many good movies that broadly fall under this category, indeed miss a lot by not watching such films. Catch him discussing Bronson and Violent Cop.