by Malati | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
Anuradha Mukherjee ‘Bicycle Thieves’, a 1948 Italian masterpiece by director Vittorio De Sica, introduces us to a simple family struck by the consequences of the second world war, the movie depicting ever-cheerful Ricci and his struggle to find a job to make ends...
by Malati | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
Anuradha Mukherjee 6:38 am Dawn snuck in past the curtains, uninvited yet spreading across every surface, slowly chasing the flimsy shadows away. The phone screen that illuminated my face through the night slipped in importance, my attention shifting to the strange...
by Malati | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorised
First Published in The Book Review (http://thebookreviewindia.org/) Author: Anjum Hassan/ Publisher Penguin/ Pages:234/ Price: Rs.599 Anjum Hasan is exceptional. The imagery in her stories comes at you so fast that you gasp as you try to absorb it all – and every...
by Malati | Jul 21, 2019 | Articles-Ramblings
Conversations with young parents It is a deliciously cold rainy morning in Coonoor as the parents of the St. Joseph’s fourth standard troop into the auditorium, looking just a little anxious. There is a slight trepidation often brought on by a visit to your child’s...
by Malati | Jun 22, 2019 | Books-Books-Films and Music
First published in the Journal – The Book Review on http://thebookreviewindia.org/ Translation of (Late) Lakshman’s Kannada autobiography Samboli Translator: Susheela Punitha Publisher: Niyogi Books Pages: 200 Price: Rs. 295 “Samboli! This expression is not from...