Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The loners stand apart: Thoughts on Halitha Shameem's "Loners"

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Writer-Director Halitha Shameem packs a lot into a film.  I don't mean lengthy dialogues or busy frames.  I am referring to the density ...
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Monday, January 17, 2022

“Bread and jam, please!” – An anecdote and some reflections

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“Just give me two days”, was my father’s polite request to me.   On my two-month trip to India in the summer of 2007 – I had quit my job, to...
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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Lords for a day, Masters forever: Thoughts on 83 (the film) and beyond

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June 25, 1983.   I was one year and 363 days old.   I had absolutely no clue whether my immediate family had watched the seminal event that ...
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Saturday, December 18, 2021

Anbodu Kamal Daasan Naan Ezhudhum... - A letter to Rajnikanth

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Dear Rajni Sir, Wish you a belated happy birthday!   I hope that you are recovering well from your recent health issues and that you have ...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Take 3: My essay on Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Penngallum

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A short story about a tumbler.   That was one of the things that filmmaker Vasanth S Sai recalled fondly in a commemorative speech on writer...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

That hour was ours

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It had been a while since I had spoken to one of my mentors.   I had played phone tag with him for a while.   On a weeknight last week,  it ...
Monday, November 1, 2021

Short in the Arm: Thoughts on "Morsels of Purple"

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Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, the author of “Morsels of Purple”, has an uncanny knack.  She draws the reader into her worlds with economy of wor...
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