If something can go wrong it will
Why one’s antennae for sensing ‘if something can go wrong it will’ should be activated in India. Especially if one is an ‘NRI’ …or a non-resident Indian. And if one doesn’t have them and wants to work or live in India, then it might be a good idea to grow them. Like horns.
Walking Waking
‘I was the wind, the rain, the sea’, says the author of herself towards the end of a six hundred and thirty mile walk along South West Coastal path of England. Borders dissolve, no more separation no I no you no sea sans me Raynor Winn’s journey begins when she and her husband, Moth, lose…
Food for the body, food for the soul
The more they eat, the lighter they feel. ‘Usually in Bervelaag, people did not speak while they were eating. But somehow, this evening tongues had been loosened’. Babette’s feast lasts for about 28 minutes in a film that runs for 99. In these 28 minutes, a group of sober Lutherans, her guests – who look…
She wears a headscarf, watches trashy television and is smart. What to do?
The camera rests, and rests some more so that you, the viewer, can look, can feel, can hear, can allow the character, the place, the sound, the emotion to speak to you. It is as if the maker of Bir Baskadir suggests that you watch and listen. Really watch and listen. Not just what is…
‘Globalization’ – 2021
As I look through the windshield at forbidden fireworks creating silent fountains against the fast fading light, Peter Frankopan’s clipped British accent provides the soundtrack. A new era is about to begin as 2020 is a few hours away from passing on. In an interview for BBC’s ‘hard talk’ programme, he reveals that while two…