August 3, 2011
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Bubble Gum

“One beautiful neighbor…One rival in love… Two Paranoid parents…It’s hard to be 14!” says the tagline of  BUBBLE GUM – a coming of age story of Vedant who is 14.  Director Sanjivan Lal wrote the story in 2006 while drawing upon his own experiences of being 14 in the city of […]
July 14, 2011
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Swar Katha Upanishad

Jagriti theater in Bangalore featured Swar Katha Upanishad – an interplay of Hindustani Music and theater. The story was about Nachiketa the prince who was given to Yama the God of Death by Nachiketa’s father Vājashrava in a fit of anger. Nachiketa went to Death’s home, but Yama was out, […]
July 9, 2011
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The Charm of Raga Bhairav

Raga Bhairav is a raga associated with Lord Shiva. Some musicians also call it Raga Bhairo or Bhairon. Bhairav is considered to be an incarnation (Avatar) of Lord Shiva who is fierce and associated with destruction. It is believed that Bhairon is connected to the Southern face and relates to the Mahavidya goddess named Bhairavi. The Sinhalese worship the same God as Bahirawa who is the God of treasures.

June 25, 2011
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Interview: Sheena Iyengar

Making choices is an integral part of our lives. We like to have the freedom to choose even if that means sub-optimal choices. After making a choice, when someone tells us that our choice was a wise one, we feel reassured. We like to have options and yet when we have a very large number of options we land up feeling less satisfied with what we choose.
June 4, 2011
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The Adjustment Bureau

David Norris played by Matt Damon is a popular politician who has the possibility of running for President. That is what “they” want him to do. Norris loves the applause and adulation of the masses and is inching his way towards the Presidential election when he has a momentary lapse […]
May 15, 2011
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The Tell Tale Brain

“Science tells us we are merely beasts, but we don’t feel like that. We feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, forever craving transcendence.” – VS Ramachandran in the Reith Lectures (2003) for BBC Radio 4.Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (VSR for short) was born in 1951 in Tamil Nadu, […]
April 25, 2011
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Down The Road

“The book is a must read for students who are about to embark on their college days.” – The Hindu College is that time of our life when we are not embarrassed about being clever or even stupid. We do brave things and in the process discover how vulnerable we […]