Feels like home! “It’s been too long,” I tell myself running up the Hogwartsesque staircase. Running, because that’s the way I always did it. It’s been 13 years since I […]
Memorable festivities
Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy list their top five Jagadhatri Pujas in Chandannagar There wasn’t a drop of tear in their eyes nor were they looking sad as the […]
Awesome South-East Asia
Arnab Nandy went the rounds in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and can’t wait for the next trip Yes, I was pretty excited! After all, this was my first international […]
Celebrating young talent
With participants from leading theatre groups of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kashmir and West Bengal, as well as troupes from Sweden and Bangladesh, Nandikar’s 24th Theatre Festival included laudable plays in […]
Lost in fairyland
Chandannagar’s Jagatdhatri Puja is famed across Bengal for its spectacular lighting and beautiful idols. Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy take us on a grand puja parikrama of this well-known festival […]
Movie montage – Mr Bean’s Holiday
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willam Dafoe, Max Baldry Direction: Steve Bendelack Bean’s the best The first film had quite a few shortcomings, the chief of them being […]
Theatrical extravaganza
Voices Coordinators share their experience of the recently concluded Nandikar’s 23rd National Theatre Festival Furruth: Group-Blank Verse. Though the target audience is basically children, the play is based on Upendrakishore […]
Movie montage – Dhoom 2
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aishwariya Rai, Bipasha Basu Music: Pritam Direction: Sanjay Gadhvi Super Thief & Super Cop Lots of amazing stunts, some super-cool mobikes and […]
The N factor
Nachiketa performing for school students is not a common sight but the audience at Vibes 2006 got the opportunity to witness this on the evening of 25th November. When asked […]
Fantastic finale
Vibes 2006 was moving towards its end. Two days had passed like a couple of moments. Only a few hours were left. All events, contests and the prize distribution were […]