Editorial

Posted by 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 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 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 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

In Tezpur, the city of love

Posted by 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.

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your slum is my home

Posted by 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 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 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