BAKSHISH DEAN, 51
Chef and hospitality industry veteran, Delhi
Dreams fulfilled
Went on close to 20 holidays, including to Dubai, Sri Lanka and the Maldives; bought an SUV way above his budget
How Covid changed me
"As messages of death and disease became more commonplace, I realised we don't have as much time as we think we do. The pandemic is a high price to pay to arrive at the realisation, but it's all about being bold and daring to take that first step"
SANKHADEEP MITRA, 46 Former banker, Kolkata
Dream fulfilled
Started his own photo gallery cum cafe, Zoom Tea-O-Graphy
How Covid changed me
"It was only when Covid struck and I saw death around me that I realised life was short, transient and had to be lived to the full"
All of us know, from experience, that something we cannot even see has changed us. That nothing is bigger. No community, no nation, no borders, no government. That something microscopic, which goes by the technical-sounding name SARSCoV-2, could dwarf all else. A world that has seen and survived that may look no different from the outside, but the inner landscape of humanity has been transformed. We all act now with a much deeper sense of mortality: its presence is not something we can refuse to think about.
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Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS