Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Why Loiter: Matunga on a Sunday Night

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- By Aishwarya Pramod Why Loiter is a campaign that anyone can join from anywhere. The idea behind the campaign is very simple: it enco...
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

The Archaeology of Food: An Ancient Indian Meal

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- By Aishwarya Pramod Recently I attended a very interesting workshop on food in ancient India, hosted by Rushina Munshaw Ghildayal  (c...
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Sunday, December 07, 2014

Gujarati printing in Mumbai - the story of Behramji Jijibhai Chapgar and Ferdoonji Murzban

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- By Deepa Krishnan The beautiful red building in this photo is of Mumbai Samachar, the oldest continuously published newspaper in In...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

The movie-star graffiti of Bandra

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- By Deepa Krishnan The pleasures of wandering through Bandra are many. Bollywood Art Project's Madhubala is one of them. It brings...
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Sunday, November 02, 2014

The Nandiwale and their sooth-saying bulls (Bholanath)

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- By Deepa Krishnan Once Diwali is over, the Nandiwale begin to make their appearance in Mumbai, accompanied by their sacred bulls. The...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Diwali walk in Dadar Market

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- By Deepa Krishnan It's fun to explore the markets during Diwali. So much buzz! I walked through the area from Plaza Cinema to Hanum...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Chopda Pujan in Mumbai

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- By Deepa Krishnan With Diwali around the corner, the streets of Bhuleshwar have lots of red chopdis (account books) on sale. Larger ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Samosas to swear by

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- By Aishwarya Pramod If you live in Mumbai, and like watching movies, chances are you’ll have eaten an A-1 samosa. They’re among the mo...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ek Hazaarachi Note at the NCPA's Marathi Film Festival

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By Deepa Krishnan For the last 6 years, NCPA has been organizing a Marathi Film Festival to showcase critically acclaimed and national a...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Film Shooting for Swachh Bharat Mission

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- By Deepa Krishnan One of the nice things about living in the media capital of India is that you're always coming across all kinds...
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