Perfect Pune morning.....

Love in the Afternoon (1972)
Director: Éric Rohmer

An artist' touch can be transformative.......

The unforgettable Smita Patil in Aravindan's masterly Chidambaram......

Maria acquired a new life & existence in Jayasree Kalathil's English translation of Sandhya Mary's Malayalam novel, Maria Just Maria HarperCollins.
Here's my review published in Hindustan Times manjula narayan.
#books #reviews #Kerala
#Malayalam #English
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Somewhere in Pune....

These have taken over Pune.....

The campus has many beauties FLAME University

Remember what Krishna Reddy said......

matiascelis

In Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh's Kaarawaan, writers also grow on trees.....

I miss Rituparno Ghosh. I miss his films. I miss his Bangla prose. I miss his dialogues. I miss his interviews. I miss his sharp wit. I miss his aesthetics. I miss his presence. This is a still from Titli with stellar performances by Aparna Sen & Konkona Sensharma amongst others -

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Lisboa by André Chaíça

In the new Fiction Special of On Eating Sumana Roy & I are happy to publish shortstories by Uma Gowrishankar (Cooking Banana Flower Usuli and Vengaya Kuzhambu), Nileena Sunil (Parotta & Beef Fry) & Rahul Singh (The Tea was not Good Enough). Read here
oneating.in

Fallen Leaves

Aki Kaurismäki
2023

This book arrived a while ago. (Thanks a ton Kunal Ray for introducing me to Maryse Conde)

The 24 year old Amazon youth who brought this book riding on a bicycle has done his PG in history. Also knows Tally. His father is a retd Grade IV govt employee with a meagre pension ⏬

Mohamed Aziz, a 72-year-old bookseller, living in Rabat, Morocco, spends 6 to 8 hours a day reading books. Having read over 5000 books in French, Arabic, and English, he remains the oldest bookseller in Rabat, spending more than 43 years in the same location.

I dreamt that Bombay Jayashri
was back on stage singing a wonderful concert as always. Hope the wait is over soon. Sharing a short essay written for Scroll.in
about listening to the magic that is Bombay Jayashri -

scroll.in/article/958887…