THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Suresh Subrahmanyan revisits the city of his childhood, university education and the cradle of most of his professional career. He finds that much has changed in Calcutta, not all for the better.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE P Ravindran Nayar reviews ‘Gleanings’, M. Mohankumar’s 8th poetry collection.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD “This is not a story about Sachin. It is a story of our lives,” says Parth, of the movie “Sachin: A Billion Dreams.”
THE LOUNGE | THE MUSIC CAFE Medha Reddy reviews five songs composed by Pakistani band Noori for season 9 of Coke Studio Pakistan. Noori’s highly energetic indie rock tracks have the ability to connect with their listeners on an emotional level, she says.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY Knowledge is power when we free ourselves from the known, says Snighdha Mohanty.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Ajay Patri reviews ‘The Return’ by Hisham Matar, a harrowing but humane memoir about the conflict in Libya and the toll it exacted on the author’s life.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Suresh Subrahmanyan gets nostalgic, and a tad misty-eyed about his childhood romance with the Radio, the BBC in particular. His love for the English language he largely attributes, among other things, to the BBC World Service broadcasts.
THE LOUNGE | STORYBOARD Soumyadeep Chatterjee writes about how Chaitanya Tamhane showed him that courtroom dramas usually occur without the element of drama, at least in this part of the world, through his Marathi film ‘Court’.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE Saranyan’s account is about how he and his wife turned the difficulties on account of demonetization into a romantic night.