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Call Of The Mountains

Posted by in Chain Reaction, Issue 03, Issues, Type 2, Vol. III on 02. Feb, 2012 | 5 Comments

Shahwar Hussain rides through the beautiful Lahaul and Spiti Valley and buys his peace with the mighty Himalayas. Words: Shahwar Hussain Pic : Incredible Spiti The call of the mountains is a dangerous thing….It tugs at the heart so strong that if you fail to heed it’s call, you will surely brood for a long [...]

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Balti Paneer by Aman Kahlon

Posted by in Fried and Tasty, Issues, Sections, Type 2 on 01. Feb, 2012 | 8 Comments

Recipe By Aman Kahlon Ingredients 250 gms fresh full cream paneer cut in cubes and soaked in milk 1 tea spoon shahi jeera 2 tablespoon oil 1/2 tsp grounded kali mirch  1 large onions cut into rings  1/2 large capsicum de-seeded and cut into slices 2 green chilies diagonally cut  3-4 pinches kasoori methi  Green Corriander [...]

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Fan or custodian? India sixties and beyond music.

Posted by in Cover Story, Fried Eye Special, Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

India Sixties and beyond music. The sixties was an eventful time. The decade was marked with the success of the first man on space – Yuri Gagarin. It was the period of emergence of Che Guevara, John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr and their tragic deaths. Of the most severe and deadliest earthquake recorded [...]

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Hornbill festival- from Chain Reaction

Posted by in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Nagaland has always been touted as the Land Of Festivals…and now they have a brand new catch phrase – “Festival Of Festivals” as the state machinery referred to the annual Hornbill Festival held from 1st to 7th December.   The Hornbill Festival, held at the Kisama Heritage Village, certainly is a fest for the eyes [...]

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www.ragascape.com

Posted by in Chef's Pick, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

While surfing through the net for sites dedicated to Indian classical music, we chanced upon Ragascape or www.ragascape.com which introduced itself as a website designed to discuss the melodic modes of Indian music. Though there were other sites that promoted Indian classical music, some in a totally no nonsense , commercial manner, ragascape stood out [...]

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Fun, Fashion and Music Festivals by Rachel

Posted by in Fashion & Trends, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

  Music Festivals are nothing short than an experience of a lifetime. Part of the experience is dressing the part. Music festivals are the one place where you can wear whatever you want without being judged and break out of your comfort zone, shocking your friends and strangers with your original fashion sense.  Fashion vs. [...]

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How to hunt for good music

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, How To Skills, Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Time: Half past ten on a pleasant autumn evening sometime in November Place: Inside a taxi somewhere in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City A football match between Malaysia and Indonesia is going on somewhere in the world and the enthusiastic taxi driver listens to the live commentary on the radio. It is half [...]

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The Delhi Jam- Passion and Innovation – II

Posted by in Fried Jukebox, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

In the second of the series of Passion and Innovation , we are bringing before you a group called Delhi Jam and no they are not a band, nor a group of musicians, not even fan in the truest sense, but they are a group of people dedicated to music and who are bound by [...]

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An aam bolly-musical viewpoint by Sharmila Jayakumar

Posted by in Issue 02, Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Movies have come a long way. First it was those street plays, then theaters and then silent cinemas and then to the cinemas that we see with full fledged dialogues.But one thing that has been witnessing this transition by being a silent spectator is the sound or music as we know it today. Music in [...]

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Celebrating Magh Bihu with Pitha and Laru

Posted by in Fried and Tasty, Issue 02, Issues, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment

  Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu marks the beginning of the year long celebration of festivals. The celebration day co-incides with the celebration of ‘Sankranthi’. Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu is celebrated to mark the end of harvesting season. With the granaries full of harvests, both old and young take part in the process of [...]

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7 musicals for 7 days

Posted by in Issue 2, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Seven brides for seven brothers is a musical from Hollywood from which the movie Sattte pe Sattta derived “inspiration” Well but we are not writing about the movie nor does it figure in our recommendations for the week which we have named as Seven musicals for seven days.We are bringing before you our seven DVD picks [...]

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Thunder On The Hills

Posted by in Chain Reaction, Issue 01, Issue 01, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment

Text: Shahwar Hussain Photographs: Anuj Singh It is still not the height of summer but already the heat is unbearable in the plains and more so in Delhi, what with its concrete jungle and smog. I was itching to take a trip to the hills to enjoy the sights and the winding roads. But to [...]

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Visual- I-zation

Posted by in Issue 01, Issues, Techno, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment

FE readers and players, a new year has begun but it was 2011 that delivered some of the most exciting games, movies, and may more to the world of entertainment. Technology is at its best now and there remain very few things that are impossible to do! However in the virtual world there is nothing [...]

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CHEESY CREAMY CHICKEN DELIGHT

Posted by in Fried and Tasty, Issue 01, Issues, Special Issue, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

Serves: Four Cooking time: 1 hour   Ingredients: 250 gm boneless chicken (cut into cubes) 250 gm paneer cubes For 1st Marinade: 1 tbspn ginger paste 1 tbspn garlic paste 2 tbspn Worcestershire sauce (Or Vinegar) ½ tspn salt. For 2nd Marinade: Butter 100 gm 2 tspn gram flour 2 tspn curd 1tsp ginger paste [...]

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Comicization: The Indian Version

Posted by 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 [...]

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Avatar: A Milestone

Posted by in Issue 01, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Special Issue, Techno, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments

To try something different requires courage and innovation. To try something outrageously different requires something much more than that. James Cameron tried the latter and the results are there for all to see. First of all, to even visualise such a movie way back (he wrote an 80 page scriptment) in 1994 is itself a [...]