Bombay cinema was my first film passion – starting with the Hindi film records our Indian neighbour constantly played when I was a child in late-1970s Dublin.1 Long before I was initiated into the mysteries of Melville and Mizoguchi, I swaggered along with Raj Kapoor and swooned with Nargis. I couldn’t believe there was an
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Almost universally in the postcolonial world, the patriotic film genre is loved and makes money. Nationalism, indeed, is an entertainment favourite – featuring a gratuitous nostalgia of violence, a fervent love for the nation-state, and celebrity power – fashioned by [real or imagined] digital technology in an arms race. In India, cinema is one of
**Spoiler Alert**: the post references material from the ASOIAF books, online tin-foil theories, and the show GOT. How many of you look forward to Monday mornings? Not me, until two weeks ago. Coz Season 5 of Game of Thrones has begun on HBO Defined! It airs at an ungodly 6:30 am on Monday morning,
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For some reason I received the Day 2, 3, 4 & 5 (Finale) face charts for MAC after the fashion week, unlike Day 1. I was planning to do a day wise break-down initially, but it turns out getting all the face-charts together turned out to be a good thing as it helped me analyse
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Fashion shows not only set trends in styles, but also can be a good indicator to predict the styles of makeup that will be in vogue over the season. If one goes by the Amazon India Fashion Week day 1 look it seems to indicate that red lips are going to be the flavour of
Summer 2015 Trend: Red Lips in Summer? Read More »
Our new segment for the blog this year is SPK Academy’s Featured Student. We will be choosing 4 – 6 students each year to feature as part of this segment. These students will have shown exceptional dedication to their music and incredible improvement in their technical ability with the sitar during their time with us.
Anna Morgan — SPK Academy Read More »
SPK Academy hopes you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday and are set for a New Year filled with music! To make the most of what the Academy’s offerings be sure and check our Learning Sessions page often as we plan to update it regularly throughout the coming year. The Academy’s New Year got off to
Winter 2015 Shibir Read More »
Foundations. They are important to a building & for your makeup as well. Without a well-matched, well-blended foundation base, even the most neutral brown eyeliner or the best red lipstick don’t really look good. Get a good foundation in place though, and even boring neutral makeup looks fabulous. I, like most girls, struggled for a
This MAC Oval 3 brush is the Bomb! Read More »
Yesterday I posted about the importance of fat in our diet. While doing research for the same I came across the recipe for “Washed Ghee” or Shata Dhaut Ghrita (100 times washed ghee). After I read about this miracle at home cream, it was inevitable that I would try to create this cream myself. All
I made “Washed Ghee” at home and it turned out great! Read More »
It was a chance remark at the tailor’s that got me thinking about the real reason for dry skin. I was collecting some clothes I got stitched a while back. My tailor is extremely fond of talking about my weight loss with her other clients. As usual she was discussing it with a client who
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