Daily Times
May 1, 2021
The other day MH asked me if writing historical fiction was isolating. On the contrary, delving into the past seventy-three years ago, to be precise helped me stay sane in this year of isolation. With the present growing bleaker by the day, the past world and the next world offered greater solace. I won’t dwell on the next world for now. Instead, I will write about my journey as an historical fiction author. My novel begins in the months leading up to India’s Independence and subsequent Partition. I started my project in the year 2017, exactly seventy years after these monumental events. The two most memorable books I read on the period were Midnight’s Furies and Indian Summer: The Secret History of an End to an Empire. Both authors write so vividly, they swept me up into the drama, intrigue, excitement, and unfolding tragedy of the era. Closer to the theme of my novel, I devoured books on the state of Hyderabad’s last days as a sovereign state.
Mumbai Sanskriti Festival, rediscovering the cultural heritage of Mumbai
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New Delhi, April 9 : Imagine the imposing interiors of one of the finest Neo Gothic Victorian heritage structures in Mumbai The Convocation Hall at the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai, with soulful Indian classical music transporting you to an ethereal world of bliss.
If you think that this sublime visual is just a figment of imagination, think again. Music and heritage lovers will get an opportunity to witness a phenomenal virtual event as The Indian Heritage Society - Mumbai (IHS) presents the 29th edition of their theme Use Live Music to Save Heritage , starting from April 10, 2021, in the form of Mumbai Sanskriti Music Festival at the Convocation Hall at the University of Mumbai. The event is supported by the Maharashtra Tourism and
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From studio set to location to computer desk
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The silver screen was the term that described the cinema experience in the dark of a cinema hall. The two people who conceived and executed this magic were the writer and the director. A writer dreamt up a story and its background, as in where it all happened, and the director executed those dreams of the writer. But, the one who really made it possible for the two was the art director.
The best fashion moments of 2020 that are locked in our memory
There were enough good, bad, and OMG moments when it came to fashion in 2020.
You might have spent a major part of 2020 in pyjamas (even if they were fur-lined satin ones) but that didn’t stop the world of fashion from spinning a stylish narrative for the year gone by. For the first time, fashion as an industry got vocal sustainability. Be it through conscious buying or welfare of workers, the conversations were hard-hitting and thought-provoking. In midst of a world lockdown, with fashion ateliers, small designers, and related work facing an economic setback, fashion industry worldwide pulled up its socks to lend a helping hand for COVID-19 relief and continued to march on with help of innovation and technology.