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Book review: Aleph Books` City Monographs

Cry, the beloved city It is neither compulsory nor mandatory but I feel the need to make this admission: I am not an outsider. Though not of Kannada origin, I have been a resident of Bangalore/Bengaluru since the start of the 80s. That`s been over three decades, during which I have lived, worked, married, learned…

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Book review: Mad in Heaven By P G Bhaskar

Comic caper Chennai strolls casually through this hectic and hilarious story. Once in a blue moon comes a book that settles upon the bustling city of Chennai (Madras) for its chosen locale and tells the story of its denizens; only, the city plays such a major part wittingly or otherwise, that it becomes the second…

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Feature: Blood Relations Play Review

Into the mind of a murderess WCC’s presentation of Sharon Pollock’s “Blood Relations” was a successful attempt at serious theatre. Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. What can one say about a woman who took a hatchet…

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Feature: Chennai`s Home Soirees

Very much at home  Chennai’s music lovers are increasingly hosting and attending katcheris at home. It’s a parlour in a spaciously appointed Chennai home but the conventional sofas and chairs have given way to gaddas, bolsters and moodas for those unable to lower themselves onto the white-sheeted mattresses. The sea-facing windows are open and the…

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Feature: Madras, the Different City

  Rocking to a different beat Chennai city is different from all the other metros. This is its strength and it is high time that the difference is celebrated.             It could be an apocryphal story but it isn`t. Two young men were `timepassing` in Spencer Plaza on Anna Salai…

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