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Thus reads the editorial in IE, but it should be ‘The Ultimate Storyteller’! Why? Let’s find out. Mannu Bhandari who we lost recently was one of the post-independence writers who portrayed women under a new light. She looked at them as independent & intellectual individuals. Mark those three words which speak volumes. She highlighted theContinue reading “The Intimate Storyteller”

Azeem Rafiq has raised the question of the treatment given to the coloured. He said the present England captain Joe Root is a ‘good man’. Yet he remains silent when it matters. He says he couldn’t recollect any unsavoury episodes. When the other person is hurting, isn’t it obvious?? Do we really have to putContinue reading “Again , colour colour…”

Vir Das in news is nothing unusual. He is popular, well known & liked by all. His jokes have a flair. But he is in news presently for his remarks.His comment ‘Two Indias’ is being under scanner. Kangana again in arms & a whole lot written about it. Now, in a ceremony or in partiesContinue reading “The stand up comedian”

Seven is a 2019 Indian mystery thriller film. It is directed & filmed by Nizar Shafi. Produced by Ramesh Varma, shot simultaneously in Telugu & Tamil it makes a good watch. Havish, Rahman, Nandita Swetha,Regina Cassandra are in the main role. A woman lodges a complaint about her husband gone missing. As the investigation startsContinue reading “7”

Having finished all 6 episodes I am wondering what went wrong. Gurinder Chadha’s earlier works like ‘Bend It like Beckham’ had a zing to it. The protagonist was just like any other girl who wishes to play. Her family wants to marry her off. John Beecham being a straight forward man, a widower, is lateContinue reading “Beecham House”

John Beecham buys a huge house in Delhi. He is a former soldier with the East India company. He has a child & an army of servants to look after the house & the baby. His mother arrives with Violet in tow. She plans to marry him. But the future has something else planned. AContinue reading “Beecham House”

I knew it was streaming but I had to settle on a long settling drama. The period dramas are the best. I am a fan from ‘The Rookie Historian..’ & Park Bo Gum’s ‘Love in The Moonlight’ makes a fan out of any viewer! The first two episodes later we have the twin sister ofContinue reading “The King’s Affection”

A 2021 Comedy drama that I am watching still. Why? I want to finish it. But it so drags that it will need my extraordinary effort. The theme is interesting.As the first woman of colour to be made head of the English dept at a prestigious university, the hurdles in front of her are many.Continue reading “The Chair”

In the first K drama that I saw was ‘The Marriage Contract’ where Uee is terminally ill. She enters the contract to give her child a home. In the end her husband comes to know. Nothing can be done. He gets attached to her & her daughter. They visit a garden full of flowers. SheContinue reading “Death”

A 2019 Rom com that is full of joy.Starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson. Directed by Paul Feig it has a flow that traces her journey to realisation. She meets a mystery man & starts falling for him. But he keeps on appearing & disappearing again. She works at a Christmas storeContinue reading “Last Christmas”