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Simantini Dey

#ClimateChangeArt Part III: How This Band from Meghalaya Reconnects with Nature

The music created by Meghalaya-based experimental band 'Rida and The Musical Folks' often has the rawness and earthy quality of folk songs along with a hint of jazz, or contemporary western tunes....
Simantini Dey-May 25, 2018,3:14 pm IST India
#ClimateChangeArt Part II: Delhi-Based Artist, Manav Gupta, Weaves Poetry With Art on Environment

Manav Gupta, a Delhi-based artist, has been using different art forms to talk about environmental issues for more than two decades now. ...
Simantini Dey-May 25, 2018,3:13 pm IST India
#ClimateChangeArt Part I: Inspired By Water, Performance Artist Atul Bhalla is Making People Notice Environmental Issues

Bhalla, through his art, has drawn up a strong polemic against climate change. ...
Simantini Dey-May 24, 2018,5:11 pm IST India
Love, Sex, & Modern Relationships: Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, and Dibakar Banerjee Discuss Netflix's Lust Stories

After Bombay Talkies, these four filmmakers have come together again, this time to tell stories of love, lust and everything in between....
Simantini Dey-May 20, 2018,2:31 pm IST Movies
Royal Wedding: Meghan Markle May Be Just The Right Royal Bride To Usher the British Monarchy Into The 21st Century

Unlike Princess Diana, who had to abide by most of the palace rules, Meghan Markle has made it very clear from the beginning that she will not be living her life by someone else's terms, or so it seems....
Simantini Dey-May 20, 2018,3:12 pm IST Movies
Apne Harry Ki Shaadi Hai: Mumbai Dabbawalas To Gift Shaadi Ka Jora To The Royal Couple

Prince Harry may be royalty, and fifth-in-line to the British throne, but to the Mumbai Dabbawalas, he is the youngest son of their friend, Prince Charles....
Simantini Dey-May 17, 2018,12:48 pm IST Lifestyle
Alia Bhatt's Sehmat In Raazi Is No Mata Hari, But A Far Cry From Stereotypical Filmy Female Spies

Unlike most Bollywood spy films, in Raazi, Sehmat doesn't need a male super spy to save her, and bail her out when things go south....
Simantini Dey-May 15, 2018,3:31 pm IST Movies
‘It Was In Kargil Battlefield’: How Harinder Sikka, Author of Calling Sehmat, Found The Story of Raazi

Sikka also revealed that the Gulzar sahab had rejected the book twice before his daughter Meghna Gulzar decided to adapt his book into a film....
Simantini Dey-May 12, 2018,12:30 pm IST Movies
I Do Not Underestimate The Intelligence Of My Audience: Meghna Gulzar

Gulzar spoke about adapting Raazi from a book by Harinder Sikka titled Calling Sehmat and how she conceptualized the role of Alia Bhatt as a spy....
Simantini Dey-May 12, 2018,9:50 am IST Movies
I Don't Underestimate the Intelligence of My Audience: Meghna Gulzar

In a recent interview, Gulzar spoke about adapting Raazi from a book by Harinder Sikka titled Calling Sehmat and how she conceptualized the role of Alia Bhatt as a spy....
Simantini Dey-May 11, 2018,3:14 pm IST Movies
Alia Bhatt Wants to Have it All. And She isn’t Resting Easy

'I want to be a diva, I want to be glamorous and feature on top of all fashion portals. However, I also want to win National Awards. I want to have the balance of both.'...
Simantini Dey-May 7, 2018,4:52 pm IST Movies
Happy Birthday, Rabindranath Tagore: Read 10 Magical Poems By The Nobel Laureate

Inspired by the unique style of Japanese short poems called Haiku, Tagore wrote these poems....
Simantini Dey-May 7, 2018,4:17 pm IST Books
Why Technicians and Regional Filmmakers Expect More From National Awards

The National Film Awards were presented on May 3 in New Delhi, but many recipients decided to 'boycott' the ceremony over the president handing over the honour to only a select set of winners....
Simantini Dey-May 5, 2018,9:49 pm IST Opinion
How Fonts and Lettering Affects Your Choices: A Typeface Designer Explains The World of Words

While we seldom pay heed to the size, positioning, colour and spacing of any text, more often than not, they affect our choices to a great extent. As we register words on a conscious level, their typefaces or fonts affect our minds on a subconscious level....
Simantini Dey-May 1, 2018,2:00 pm IST Movies
Avengers: Infinity War-Thanos, the Malthusian Purple Dude is the Best Villain of MCU

*The post contains spoilers* Despite being an MCU villain, Thanos is very egalitarian in his principles. He doesn't believe that the lives of rich people are more precious than that of poor. Therefore, he chooses to eliminate half of the universe's population in a random order....
Simantini Dey-April 27, 2018,6:40 pm IST Movies

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