Comicization: The Indian Version
Posted by Juba Pratim Gogoi in Book Club, Fried Guest, Issue 01, Issues, Sections, Special Issue, Type 1, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
For me, getting a comic book to read was not easy in those days of being a teenager. When I used to ask my father to buy me a comic book, he replied, “You can’t even complete your educational books, leave aside the comics”. Thus, it became a reason for my being fanciful and feeling [...]
A world of our very own Archie Andrews and Friends
Posted by Swagata Sharma Baruah in Fried Guest, Issue 01, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Special Issue, Vol. II, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment
December 22nd 2011 marked the 70th year of Archie Andrew’s first tryst with our world. Yes, on December 22nd December 1941, Mr. Andrews came into our life for the first time and till date has remained a memorable and invincible part of our lives. Needless to say that every other teen has had his [...]
Interview: Omi Gurung
Posted by Mani Padma in Fried Eye Special, Fried Guest, Issue 24, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
Oh Eco friendly nature ke rakhshak , the song blared out loud from my music system as I clicked on the link that Sanjeeta had sent to me and should I call it a providence, but it led to me an initiative ‘Oh My India-’ about eco friendly lifestyle. I was intrigued and clicked some [...]
Last outdoor film shoot with Bhupen Da. -A trip down the memory lane by Chuman Das
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 22, Issues, Random Take, Vol. II on 15. Nov, 2011 | 1 Comment
Bhupen da on his last outdoor film shoot An account by Chuman Das , Partner Ideas Inc Mumbai 5am was the call time. As I reluctantly got out of my bed and drew back the curtain, I saw a man sitting on an old fashioned arm chair taking in deep breaths. I slipped out [...]
Hot chocolate for celebration, writing for catharsis by Roktotpal
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 22, Issues, Random Take, Vol. II on 15. Nov, 2011 | 25 Comments
Temperature seems to have dropped down without a Facebook update. The rustling of the Maple leaves against the cold wind is reminding me of those not-so-often-vehicle-transacted peaceful Pine-alleys of Shillong. It is Thursday evening. I have grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and a Cranberry Blueberry Bran (muffin) from the Tim Horton’s outlet (a quick [...]
Joshish- the crusaders for a cause
Posted by Mani Padma in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Guest, Issue 21, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments
Joshish, Betukay,Maujood, Manaazil, Ird Gird… Do they sound familiar to you or do they seem like words lifted straight from a beautiful verse? If they sound familiar, then obviously you have heard of Joshish , the experimental/progressive rock band from Bhopal, now based in Mumbai who shot into the limelight of the Indian Rock Music [...]
Aabar Aashbe Maa..
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 20, Issues, Random Take, Vol. II on 15. Oct, 2011 | 1 Comment
-Ankita Deuri As the kaash phool grows near the highway land, the puja feeling grows even stronger. It’s not that I am a very big devotee, but this feeling lingers the mind with the change of season and this time is no different. The plan to Kolkata (the city of joy as well as the [...]
Oh Maestro..!
Posted by Dagny in Fried Guest, Issue 20, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
His voice has been called velvety; it has been likened to silk. During 1970s, the art of ghazal singing was dominated by well-established names like Noor Jehan, Begum Akhtar and Mehdi Hassan. Ghazals fall in the category of semi-classical music and bear the stamp of classical structure, elements and style. The common man couldn’t connect with [...]
Love
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 20, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
-Khush Love, what is love? A myth? A myth that survives on human’s thinking. Because we are apart, far apart from reality. Reality. Which is a pain. The pain that shatters your heart into pieces. But at the end of the day, love is love. Nothing can take its place. Love is painful. But you [...]
The Cosmic Touch
Posted by Fried Guest in Fiction, Fried Guest, Issue 20, Issues, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
-Lasya Shashimohan Bhoomi walked down the loveless lane with her characteristic tread weighing her down as everything else was- the bulky satchel she was carrying, the painful hours at work, the loneliness of her heart, the load on her mind…Ironical, for one who herself was a psychologist by profession. Bhoomi who had been tutored to [...]
The Social Outcast
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 20, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. II on 15. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
-Saurabh Som Today… today again I’m searching for my drug … inflicting pain in my own self…submerging myself in liquid grief. Tear drops are definitely lighter than sorrow. They float on the surface of the dark tar like surface of hopelessness. I have become an addict. Drugged and killed thousand times with overdose of anguish. [...]
Captured Moments with Dipayan Bhattacharjee
Posted by Rundolf Mawlieh in Fried Eye Special, Fried Guest, Issue 17, Issues, Vol. II on 01. Sep, 2011 | 2 Comments
The name is Dipayan Bhattacharjee. Yes, it’s obvious that each one of you reading this by now must be going “seriously! what’s in a name?”. Yes, agreed what’s really in a name, because what is important is productivity in terms of bombarding even the smallest things that matter and creates an impact. In reference to [...]
…with Yu Hing Tham
Posted by Sanzeeta in Fried and Tasty, Fried Eye Special, Fried Guest, Issue 16, Issues, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Taking time off from his busy food promotion travel to respond to few questions that I had for him on his journey with food was a conversation to be savored of. In a very humble tone he vividly puts in, cooking as an ART! With Chef Yu Hing Tham, the Regional Executive Chef of Republic [...]
THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS – A MOVIE REVIEW
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 16, Issues, Movie Desk, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
THE STEEL MAGNOLIAS MOVIE REVIEW: BY ANUPAM DABRAL The playwright Robert Harling in his play ‘The Steel Magnolias’ very beautifully combined femininity and strength, but when in the year 1989 it was made into a movie nobody knew that it would achieve a cult status. With the cast of Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, [...]
VERNON GOD LITTLE
Posted by Fried Guest in Book Club, Fried Guest, Issue 15, Type 1, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
Vernon’s “artwork”, his last words to the world before he died, read “Me ves y sufres”. And suffer I did, withVernon, through it all. ‘Vernon God Little’ is an evocative story of a teenage boy caught up in a psychotic world, where his only fault, albeit a big one, was not crying out loud “Innocent!!”Vernon, [...]
Shopaholism – Analysed
Posted by Fried Guest in Fried Guest, Issue 13, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. II on 01. Jul, 2011 | 2 Comments
By Jayaprakashan Ambali Consumerism is taking roots in India, spurred by the new shopping malls and fuelled by the high disposable incomes of an increasing number of young Indians. Shopaholism, retail therapy, shop till you drop etc. are the popular terms for this emerging consumer tendency to buy more than their wants, let alone their [...]
