Articles
Blaft’s rich anti-caste SF
Part II of my exploration of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, that mines a rich lode of fantastic, anti-caste, Dalit futurism and Adivasi futurism
20 April,2025 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
A squandering of imagination
Celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti tomorrow with the extraordinary, forward-looking book, The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, that is surely a landmark in Indian literary history
13 April,2025 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
An oasis in Goa
Discovering my foodie side in Goa—Shubhra Shankhwalker’s Goan Saraswat home cooking in Camurlim, and cakes named Bolo Sans Rival and Toucinho do Ceu
06 April,2025 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
I’ll see you down the road
Should you discuss with an ageing parent the subject of mortality, of death? If yes, what is a good way to do it? And when?
30 March,2025 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Amma’s 98th birthday
On her birthday, Amma played Jheeni re jheeni on keyboards; the next day, she was playing Raag Yaman Kalyan on the new melodica
23 March,2025 08:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Revealing footage
The Malayalam film Footage is a cautionary tale on today’s social media-driven times, and the consequences of Covid
16 March,2025 06:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Sthal: marriage as low-hanging fruit
Sthal is a superb follow-up to Sairat, that explores women's agency in marriage and life
09 March,2025 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Charming doc of Wolf Street
Arjun Talwar’s film Letters from Wolf Street, that was in the Berlinale’s Panorama, is a funny, insightful documentary, seeing Poland from the viewpoint of an Indian artistic immigrant
02 March,2025 08:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Baksho Bondi: Dogged, tired love
Tillotama Shome is luminous in Shadowbox by Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi, that was in Berlin
23 February,2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Tiger’s Pond: Tale of power, caste
Natesh Hegde’s Vaghachipani (Tiger’s Pond), at the Berlin Film Festival, raises Kannada cinema’s international profile
16 February,2025 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde