Chillar Party -A little change is all we need.
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 22, Issue 22, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Nov, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Movie: Chillar Party The Audience: Made for children, meant for the adults The Directors: Nitesh Tiwari, Vikash Bahl The Producers: Ronnie Screwvala, Salman Khan The Music Director: Amit Trivedi The Cast: Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai, Divji Handa, Shriya Sharma The Special appearance: [...]
L’HISTOIRE DES PUBLICITE’ (The Story of Advertising)
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 21, Issues, Random Take, Research Desk, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments
The urge to advertise has been a part of human nature since ancient times. The story of advertising has evolved immensely since then. When the barter system was in practice, people in feudal or tribal societies used to produce goods for themselves or for their neighbours whose needs they were aware of. Each man with [...]
Lost among the clouds!
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 10, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 15. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
The people of the North East were yet to recover from the reverberations of the lethal air crash on the 19th of April, 2011 at Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh that killed 17 people out of 23 on board the Mi- 172 Helicopter of the state-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited; when another shocking news hit them hard. [...]
Rakesh Barua – A Tribute to a musical Journey
Posted by Tinam Borah in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 09, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 01. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
“He lived like a rockstar, and died like one.” – Suman Dutta (Moonwind) “The news is yet to sink in. For it was just before Bihu that I met him at his house. Rakesh da was busy that last day I met him; he had a performance in R&B club that evening. But [...]
VISTAS 2011, Living The Dream…
Posted by Tinam Borah in Fried Eye Special, Issue 08, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
As soon as the month of April sets in, the festive air seems to blaze up. Festivals are all that people have in their mind. And I mean festivals of all kinds. Well, when we talk about festivals, we are not only talking about Bihu or Baisakhi or even the Election fiesta. For a change, [...]
Breach
Posted by Tinam Borah in 55 Fiction, Creative Writing, Issue 05, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Mar, 2011 | 3 Comments
She vigorously rubbed the sindoor off her forehead. The burnt marks on her body were still fresh. Clad in white, she took a last look at her husband’s life-less blood-stained body. He had killed her happiness. She killed him. She then turned to the police and held up her hands to be cuffed.
Jon Beel Mela: My Virtual Journey
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 03, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
(Photo Courtesy: Anjan Barua) It had been a while since I had last signed in to check my mail, and when I did so after a gap of 3 days, no doubt, I found my mail box stashed with 15 or so unread messages. As I opened the first mail, my screen seemed to be [...]
CHICKEN CHILLY- UNFRIED
Posted by Tinam Borah in Fried and Tasty, Issue 03, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
There comes a time of the year; the festive season in particular, when we have so many friends and family members around, probably a whole week when we have to celebrate with different people on different occasions. Needless to say, amidst all those celebrations, we tend to get carried away sometimes and end up eating [...]
Hidden and Lost
Posted by Tinam Borah in 55 Fiction, Creative Writing, Issue 03, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
They were together all the time. They shared every little secret. They could not imagine their lives without the other. She knew it was love. He thought it was dependence. She tried to tell him, but he never understood. One day, she disappeared. He knew it was over. He had lost love like never before.
Solitude
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Issue 01, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. II on 01. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
I must have been in deep sleep For, when I opened my eyes I could not remember a thing
Ah! December
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Issue 24, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 15. Dec, 2010 | 1 Comment
The blue sky, covered with white mist, In the early morning of a cold December day The icy cold wind,
The unborn child
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Issue 22, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 15. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
If, you would have touched my face Just for once, I bet, you would have never let go of me.
The Yolk
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Fiction, Issue 21, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 01. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
Original: “Kuhum” (Assamese) by Santanoo Tamuly Translated by: Tinam Borah A hilly stream… An icy hillock, tinted raw A refreshing breeze… There I saw a group of young college students, jumping about from one rock to another. The girls hopped like grass hoppers and went
First Love
Posted by Tinam Borah in 55 Fiction, Creative Writing, Issue 21, Issues, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 01. Nov, 2010 | 1 Comment
She looked into his eyes painfully. He stared back, not taking his eyes off her. “I’m sorry”, she said, “You will have to go. Mom hates you. But I’ll always love you.” With tears in her eyes, she tore down the huge poster of Winnie the Pooh from the wall with her tiny hands.
Dated Forever
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Issue 19, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 01. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
One day… when I shall no longer Be there with you,
Being Human
Posted by Tinam Borah in Creative Writing, Issue 18, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Type 1, Vol. I on 15. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
There was something special in his eyes The little boy who stared at me,
