Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issue 7, Issues, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
“The monsoon winds had whispered her arrival like a coming storm. Some welcomed the rain, but others feared a raging flood…” (King Chulalongkorn in Anna and the King) Dear Readers, Bordoisila is back. Swirling around the mountains, fleeting through plains and hills, she has announced her annual homecoming with a medley of rain, hail and [...]
The pursuit of good money
Posted by Parashar Borkotoky in Issue 7, Issues, Sections, The Pursuit of Good Money, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
My brother often tells me that the stock markets are for gamblers. There is a lot of merit in that argument otherwise what would explain the sensex falling to one third of its value in less than a year from its dizzying January 2008 highs; and what could possibly explain it bouncing back and doubling [...]
Wise Bachelor
Posted by Wise Bachelor in Issue 7, Issues, Sections, Vol. I, Wise Bachelor on 01. Apr, 2010 | 4 Comments
Q.WB, I’m so confused about relationships. Sometimes I want them, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I know I can have them, sometimes I feel I’ll never get anyone. Sometimes I try desperately,
The Call V1.0
Posted by Pramathesh Borkotoky in Good News, Issue 7, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
A:Hello??? B:I got a good news for you. A:What? You remaking Sholay?
In Tezpur, the city of love
Posted by Ajatashatru in Issue 7, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 5 Comments
“Yun to mohabbat ka dushman zamana hai, fir bhi jawaani mein dil to lagaana hai…”, I flirtatiously looked at Neelam as I mouthed the lines. “What’s the point in singing this song now?” she asked with curiosity.
your slum is my home
Posted by Noshin Kausar in Creative Writing, Issue 7, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Through the Lens, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 11 Comments
Don’t give that look because I’m used to it or you can say it hardly bothers me. Why me, why not you. Even I was inside the dark world for nine long months; Even my mom bored the pain, then why only me?
Ocean
Posted by Mani Padma in Fiction, Issue 7, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 3 Comments
A vast ocean and here I was trying to swim. Now how did I reach here? Who Am I? I remembered nothing. Where was I? How did I get here? What was I trying to do exactly? I did not know how to swim. Didn’t remember learning it either, so what was I doing here [...]
Cinema and the Changing Times
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 7, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. I on 01. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
Shyam Benegal talks on how cinema has changed over the time and how the media has played a major part in it. As viewers we have often benchmarked feature films into two distinct sections – commercial and art house. More often than not,it is noticed that the so called “art house” cinema
