Are you ready for the Cyrus Broacha Academy Awards?

Are you ready for the Cyrus Broacha Academy Awards?

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi Folks, you won’t believe it. I’m scared to tell you. Okay, since you insist, I’ll tell you, just to avoid you from throwing a tantrum. Here it is — I’m in pain, excruciating pain, but I’m still writing the column. That’s different from you being in excruciating pain […]

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Cyrus Broacha on same sex marriages in India and one’s right to choose

Cyrus Broacha on same sex marriages in India and one’s right to choose

Folks, I must congratulate myself for writing this article. Not only because no one else will but also, because I’m suffering from the same problem all Indian writers in English suffer from: It’s too damn hot. Writing in India must now be accepted as a form of cardio. Let me warn you if water loss […]

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I design the content of my movies, says Malayalam director Krishand

I design the content of my movies, says Malayalam director Krishand

Expectations are high as film director Krishand, with two state-award-winning films to his credit for Vrithakrithiyilulla Chathuram (2019) and Avasavyuham (2021), releases his third movie, Purusha Pretham, on March 24 on SonyLIV. In a pre-release interview, the director says that the film is a “police procedural comedy in the crime noir cinema template of the […]

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You should have a funny bone to appreciate humour, says author Khyrunnisa

You should have a funny bone to appreciate humour, says author Khyrunnisa

Growing up as the youngest of seven siblings, Khyrunnisa A says she had to turn to humour to hold her own in her family and, occasionally, get the better of them. Perhaps it is that “practical experience” that has helped her make a mark as a writer of humour with her best-selling book Tongue in […]

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