The Shillong Literary Festival, in a nutshell

The Shillong Literary Festival, in a nutshell

In the landscape of Shillong’s picturesque, cherry blossom-lined Ward’s Lake, conversations on literature flowed, spilled and beguiled literary enthusiasts for three days, November 18 to 20. Though a smattering of North-East’s cultural bounty, a host of food, wine and handicraft stalls serving Khasi specialties became an auxiliary centrepoint where these conversations took an informal tone … Read more

Mira Nair’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy for small screen resonates with contemporary India

Mira Nair’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy for small screen resonates with contemporary India

In a fiercely patriarchal setting, Nair builds her story through powerful female characters In the month of September 19 years ago, Mira Nair travelled from Italy to Canada to present her film Monsoon Wedding at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film had just won the Golden Lion, the Venice festival’s top prize, and … Read more